Global Church News

Former Sri Lankan cabinet minister arrested for alleged links to Easter 2019 anti-Christian terror attacks

May 01, 2021

Two years after bombings in Sri Lanka killed hundreds at several churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, police arrested a former cabinet minister and his brother for alleged links to the bombings. Their attorney claimed the arrests were politically motivated.
Celebrating Indian priest’s 84th birthday in jail

May 01, 2021

As Fr Stan Swamy completes 200 days in jail, rights groups demand his release
Jailed Indian Jesuit moves high court seeking bail

May 01, 2021

An elderly Indian Jesuit priest has approached Bombay High Court seeking his release on bail a month after a special court twice turned down his bail plea.
Jesuits address migrants’ psychological needs on US-Mexico border

May 01, 2021

Migrants arriving in Ciudad Juárez in recent years have remained stuck in the Mexican border city, unable to claim asylum in the United States and vulnerable to crimes such as kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
Ignatian family issue statement of commitment to climate justice ahead of COP26

May 01, 2021

The Ignatian family, with its collaborators and partners, comes together in this collective statement, Towards COP26: Advocating for Climate Justice, A Commitment from the Ignatian Family, to change and for change, an awakening at a time of massive global challenges that upended all spheres of human life and activities.
Fight against Covid: Taipei sends aid to Delhi

May 01, 2021

Taiwan will send oxygen concentrators and other medical aid to India, which is struggling with a dramatic surge in coronavirus infections. Deputy Fore
Indonesian priest builds faith by examining atheism

May 01, 2021

Fr Simon Petrus Lili Tjahjadi, a 57-year-old lecturer at Jakarta’s Driyarkara School of Philosophy, has been recognized as the first Catholic priest in Indonesia to earn a doctorate in philosophy with a dissertation on modern atheism.
How churches can respond to the COVID-19 mental health crisis

May 01, 2021

With concerns that suicide rates are rising in communities of color during the pandemic, Catholic mental health workers say the Church can play a key role in response.
Providence diocese relaxes restrictions at liturgies

May 01, 2021

The Diocese of Providence is transitioning towards “normal liturgical practices” following new public health guidelines from the state of Rhode Island.
Vatican accused of investing in companies making ‘morning-after pill’

May 01, 2021

An Italian investigative news programme has accused the Vatican’s treasury of investing 20 million euros (around $24 million) in several pharmaceutical companies involved in making the “morningafter pill.”