Global Church News

Lessons from South America: How to greet and understand Pope Francis

Jul 17, 2015

People make special preparations for welcoming a special guest, and watching what worked and did not work in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay may help people preparing for Pope Francis' visit to the United States in September
Bishop urges pupils to resist ‘empty and debilitating vision of life without meaning’

Jul 17, 2015

Catholic education is distinctive because it offers pupils a vision of lives full of purpose, the Bishop of Shrewsbury has told school children.
The UN is not ‘the devil’, and the Vatican is free to work with it, says bishop

Jul 17, 2015

The United Nations is not “the devil”, so a papal think tank is free to collaborate with the international body as well as people of any political persuasion, Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, has said
What a proposed US bill on religious liberty would and would not protect

Jul 17, 2015

With same-sex marriage now legal throughout the United States, some members of Congress are trying to protect the religious rights of those who disagree with marriage's new definition – but their efforts may be limited.
Archbishop to priests: Here's how to not give bad homilies

Jul 17, 2015

In a practical bullet-pointed letter to priests and deacons, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit spelled out the types of people who attend Mass and how clergy can best speak to them.
Sydney archbishop: People can't be forced to change views of marriage

Jul 16, 2015

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney has decried efforts to "bully" people into accepting the deconstruction of marriage, saying a "homogenizing 'equality'" was marginalizing questions about "what marriage is and is for."
Disappointment follows ruling against Little Sisters in mandate case

Jul 15, 2015

The Little Sisters of the Poor have reiterated their commitment to following their conscience as they care for the poor and dying, following a federal appeals court ruling that they must obey the federal contraception mandate.
With freedom for Catholic education uncertain, English diocese charts a path

Jul 14, 2015

Catholic schools in England could face problems under both a new “British values” government mandate and demands to approve same-sex relationships.
For Palestinian leader, the Cremisan Valley wall is a new obstacle on the path of peace

Jul 09, 2015

With this decision, "Israel wants to tighten the security screws.
Franciscans asks prayers for kidnapped priest in Syria

Jul 09, 2015

The organizations of Franciscan missionaries serving in the Holy Land have requested prayers for the safe return of Father Dhiya Aziz, who was abducted by militants in Syria on Saturday.