Global Church News

New UN agenda could enable massive global expansion of abortion

Jun 10, 2015

A massive, well-funded push to increase access to abortion worldwide could be underway at the United Nations, and according to one congressman it could silence faith-based organizations which oppose abortions out of conscience.
Ethiopia's Cardinal Souraphiel brings African family values to the college of cardinals

Jun 09, 2015

Elevated to the rank of cardinal in February, Ethiopian Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel of Addis Ababa has brought the richness of African values to bear in the College of Cardinals.
Bishop Heiner Koch, a German delegate to Family Synod, appointed Berlin archbishop

Jun 09, 2015

The Vatican confirmed on Monday, June 8 that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Heiner Koch of Dresden-Meissen as Archbishop of Berlin.
An altar for Pope Francis: CUA students' design to enliven DC Mass

Jun 09, 2015

For most graduating college seniors, the final weeks of school focus on exams, saying goodbyes and looking to their next steps in life.
Pope Francis: Men and women are different for a reason

Jun 09, 2015

The value and beauty of marriage, based on the complementarity of man and woman, is lamentably being challenged by “gender ideology,” Pope Francis warned the bishops of Puerto Rico on Monday.
Pope talks Medjugorje, coming encyclical on return from Bosnia

Jun 08, 2015

On his return flight from Sarajevo to Rome Pope Francis told journalists a final decision on the highly debated Mejugorje apparitions could be close, and disclosed the “cancer” of consumerism as a theme in his coming encyclical on human ecology.
Pope tells Bosnians to be 'tenacious' workers for peace

Jun 08, 2015

During his daytrip to a country still marred by the effects of a recent war, Pope Francis said peace is not something that happens passively, but instead requires passionate action on the part of all.
'Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo' highlight pain of loss in Bosnian War

Jun 08, 2015

When Pope Francis visits Bosnia and Herzegovina tomorrow, he will be visiting a country still devastated by the three-year Bosnian War that took place in the early 1990s.
Pope to Peruvian pro-lifers: 'Keep shaking things up'

Jun 08, 2015

Upon seeing pictures from the 2015 March for Life in Lima, Peru, Pope Francis had a message for the faithful of the South American country: “keep shaking things up.”
Twenty years after war, Bosnians working to reclaim first victim: trust

Jun 08, 2015

A key Muslim figure in Bosnia said that “mutual trust” was the first victim of the country’s recent war – and is something each of their four main religious populations are still working to regain.