Global Church News

In Zimbabwe, poverty is the Church's biggest enemy

Jan 05, 2015

Father Felix Tachiona Mukaro is disappointed in his country’s politicians, as many Zimbabweans are, saying they are more concerned with power than the peoples' poverty.
Conference to consider the human element in Catholic family life

Jan 05, 2015

Catholic marriage preparation and pastoral care of the family in light of human nature will be the topic of an upcoming Rome conference that takes inspiration from the Extraordinary Synod on the Family.
Opus Dei launches Marian year for the Family

Jan 01, 2015

A time dedicated to prayer and to Our Lady, to ask the mother of Jesus and of all people to intercede for the families of the world and of India.
Encyclical Letter for the centennial of the Armenian genocide

Dec 31, 2014

Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Karekin II issued a solemn encyclical letter to launch a year of official events to remember the Armenian Genocide
As police stops woman who tried to "bring the Gospel" to Xi Jinping, Wenzhou bans Christmas celebrations in schools and universities

Dec 29, 2014

Chinese police detained a Protestant woman who on Christmas Day tried to put up placards outside the Zhongnanhai, the exclusive government and Communist Party headquarters, located near the Imperial Palace.
Australians celebrate episcopal consecration of two auxiliaries for Melbourne

Dec 24, 2014

Jubilation marked the episcopal concration of Terence Curtin and Mark Edwards as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, which took place last Wednesday.
As more than 400 crosses are destroyed in Zhejiang, violence spreads to Henan, Shandong, and Anhui

Dec 24, 2014

The campaign to remove crosses from churches in Zhejiang continues and is spreading to other regions of China, this according to the China Aid Association.
Bishop Coyne of Indianapolis picked to head Vermont diocese

Dec 23, 2014

Auxiliary Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of Indianapolis has been chosen by Pope Francis to be the next bishop of Burlington, Vermont, announced the Vatican Dec. 22.
Scriptures come to life for Irish families through Jesse Box

Dec 23, 2014

A new initiative out of Ireland is using Biblical dioramas to engage parents and children in Scripture.
A Christmas message from Aleppo's bishop: hope for joy, peace

Dec 23, 2014

As Christmas approaches, the Melkite Catholic bishop of Aleppo has written a letter to his diocese looking forward to the feast of hope, urging his people to practice charity to the less fortunate, much like in diocese around the world.