Global Church News

Speakers withdraw from Catholic event fearing LGBT controversy

Jan 16, 2015

Everyone must be free to proclaim their religious beliefs, a Catholic group has said after prominent speakers spurned its summit because of the group’s stance on homosexuality.
Availability and obedience: the intentions of Uruguay's new cardinal

Jan 14, 2015

Archbishop Daniel Sturla Berhouet of Montevideo, one of the 20 men to be made a cardinal at next month's consistory, has said his response to the appointment is one of both availability and obedience to the Pope.
'Hermeneutics of compassion': How a crucifix restoration offers hope to the poor

Jan 12, 2015

After receiving inspiration from an aged crucifix, Cardinal James Stafford commissioned it to be restored as a sign of compassion for Rome’s suffering poor and unemployed population.
100 million reasons for concern about anti-Christian persecution

Jan 09, 2015

The number of persecuted Christians in the world has topped 100 million, according to a new report that says even non-violent persecution of Christians has increased, amid continuing violence.
Florida Bishops Respond to State's Change in Definition of Marriage

Jan 07, 2015

The bishops of Florida have issued a statement addressing the redefinition of marriage in Florida to accommodate couples of the same sex. Same-sex marriage is now recognized in 36 states and Washington, D.C.
Church in US celebrating National Migration Week

Jan 06, 2015

National Migration Week 2015 is underway in the United States through Saturday with the theme, "We are One Family under God.”
In Pakistan, 'living the faith is a new challenge every day'

Jan 05, 2015

The brutality of the act can hardly be surpassed: in early November, a Christian couple was beaten and burned to death in the Pakistani province of Punjab.
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.