Global Church News

Take a hike – and you just might find God, these trekkers say

Aug 13, 2015

Some people hike to compete, others to challenge themselves. But as the sport increases as a global trend, others have taken it up as a way of drawing closer to God.
For Bishop Stika, Planned Parenthood videos show need to cherish humanity first

Aug 12, 2015

The videos of Planned Parenthood officials' involvement in the harvesting of organs from recently aborted babies shows an unadorned evil, but it’s also a call to love those involved in abortion, a bishop in Tennessee has said.
US embassy to the Holy See begins move to new location

Aug 12, 2015

This week the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has begun its move to a new building – which shares the same campus as both the U.S. Embassy to Italy and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Archbishop Chaput: Other moral issues not equivalent to abortion

Aug 11, 2015

Of the many struggles plaguing modern society, none can be equated with the blatant taking of innocent human lives, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia said regarding the latest investigative videos of Planned Parenthood.
Archbishop Cupich will attend synod, Vatican source says

Aug 10, 2015

Originally selected as an alternate synod delegate, Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago will in fact be an attendee at the Vatican gathering on the family this fall, a Vatican source told.
The Miracle of Hiroshima – Jesuits survived the atomic bomb thanks to the rosary

Aug 10, 2015

Seventy years ago, the only wartime use of nuclear weapons took place in the Aug. 6 attack on Hiroshima and the Aug. 9 attack on Nagasaki by the United States.
How Junipero Serra fought the death penalty for a California native

Aug 07, 2015

Blessed Junipero Serra’s love for the natives of California extended even to those who killed one of his friends and fellow missionaries, the Archbishop of Los Angeles has said in a summary of an early argument against the death penalty for a native Californian.
Colorado bishops: How to respond to Planned Parenthood? Prayer and fasting

Aug 07, 2015

Following the release of investigative videos showing Planned Parenthood offering aborted baby organs for money, the Catholic bishops of Colorado have designated August 28 as a day of penance and prayer.
Why the Boy Scouts' new policy led a Catholic bishop to cut ties

Aug 07, 2015

Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, himself a former boy scout, has reluctantly told his North Dakota diocese to disaffiliate from the Boy Scouts of America due to the legal risks and the moral confusion its new leadership policy could cause for Catholics.
Cardinal Dolan: Planned Parenthood Can for Once Be Taken at Its Word

Aug 06, 2015

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has posted a reflection on his blog about the national and international attention that has been focused on Planned Parenthood after the release of five videos (so far) from investigative citizen journalists at the Center for Medical Progress.