Global Church News

Hundreds of Deaf Catholics to gather for first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress

Mar 20, 2025

The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Maryland is hosting the first-ever Eucharistic Congress for the Catholic Deaf community this spring.
Fordham University hosts conference dedicated to spreading Pope’s vision in US

Mar 20, 2025

Michael P. Murphy of Loyola University Chicago speaks to Vatican News about the recent ‘Way Forward’ ecclesial gathering in New York, which aimed to “host conversations that are helpful to the US Church, inhabiting the vision of Vatican II in the way that Pope Francis imagines”.
Romans celebrate St. Joseph’s feast day, venerate his holy cloak

Mar 20, 2025

Hundreds of people in Rome joined celebrations organized by the Parish Basilica of St. Joseph al Trionfale in Rome to celebrate the March 19 solemnity of St. Joseph.
Beyond Papua New Guinea as a Christian country

Mar 19, 2025

The parliament of Papua New Guinea has approved an amendment that identifies the nation as an ‘independent Christian state’. Fr Giorgio Licini (Caritas Papua New Guinea): it risks being an empty statement, without resolving the real challenges facing the country.
Catholic priest in Gaza reports explosions near parish

Mar 19, 2025

Fr Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, reported that following the breakdown of the truce between Israel and Hamas, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have launched new attacks very close to his parish.
Catholic Relief Services calls for ‘prompt payments’ after termination of USAID programs

Mar 19, 2025

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is urging the Trump administration to reverse the cancellation of USAID’s “lifesaving and life-giving assistance” following the official announcement that the majority of its programs have been cut.
Indian Capuchin donates body for medical studies

Mar 19, 2025

Father Xavier Vadakkekara, a former editor of the Catholic newsweekly Indian Currents, was 72
King Charles III plans state visit to Vatican, meeting with Pope Francis

Mar 19, 2025

King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom will make a state visit to the Holy See next month, with plans to hold an audience with Pope Francis on April 8.
‘Go to Joseph’: What popes from Blessed Pius IX to Pope Francis have said about St. Joseph

Mar 19, 2025

The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided with the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the universal Church by Blessed Pius IX on Dec. 8, 1870.
Shanghai Catholics and Bishop Ma Daqin’s restrictions

Mar 19, 2025

A Catholic voice from Shanghai reminds AsiaNews of the case of the auxiliary bishop who resigned from the Patriotic Association when he was ordained and has been living in seclusion ever since. It was hoped that the tormented appointment of Mgr Shen Bin as ordinary bishop would unblock the situation, but two years later nothing has happened. Ma Daqin remains the icon of the “suffering righteous”.