Global Church News

The Missionaries of Mercy and China’s unlawful bishops

Feb 10, 2016

The ‘Missionaries of Mercy’ that Pope Francis will send into the world to be the “living signs of the Father’s readiness to welcome those in search of his pardon” might also travel to China.
Pope appoints Msgr. Peter Wells, an American, as Nuncio to South Africa and Botswana

Feb 10, 2016

Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Peter Bryan Wells, the senior American official in the Roman Curia, as Nuncio to South Africa and Botswana.
Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad: Christian properties targeted by criminals, government and police weak

Feb 10, 2016

"We do not know which militias or gangs are specifically responsible for these attacks and violence, but it is a phenomenon that has emerged over the most recent period, and it is something that deeply wounds our faithful ".
A tale of Satanists and political maneuvering in Arizona

Feb 10, 2016

Even though the Satanists lost, they won. That's the opinion of Phoenix city councilman Sal Diciccio, a practicing Catholic who was embroiled in a heated debate over whether or not a Satanic group would be allowed to give the opening prayer at an upcoming council meeting.
Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes New Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka

Feb 10, 2016

Pope Francis on Monday appointed an auxiliary bishop to the diocese of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
9 things to know and share about Ash Wednesday

Feb 10, 2016

Ash Wednesday is the day that Lent begins, The name comes from the fact that a particular rite is always celebrated on this Wednesday in which the faithful have ashes put on their foreheads.
The Church is contributing to combatting the Zika virus in Philippines

Feb 10, 2016

The Church in the Philippines offers its contribution in the effort to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the country, joining the widespread awar
Lenten Season begins today, Ash Wednesday

Feb 10, 2016

The 40-day Lenten Season, a time of reflection and repentance, begins today – Ash Wednesday.
Hampton Court Vespers mark first Catholic service since Reformation

Feb 09, 2016

English Cardinal Vincent Nichols will preside at Vespers in the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace on Tuesday, for the first Catholic service to be held there in over 450 years.
Notes on the Russian patriarch and Russian Church the Pope will meet

Feb 09, 2016

Patriarch Kirill was one of the youngest bishops in the history of the Russian Church, since he received the episcopal ordination eight months before the age of thirty, despite the fact that ecclesiastical canons prescribe the age of 30 as the minimum age for the episcopate.