Global Church News

New Amboina Bishop to focus on interfaith dialogue in daily life

Apr 27, 2022

Mgr Senno Ngutra, 51, is the new bishop of Amboina, scene in the past of sectarian violence and now a model of coexistence. The Indonesian minister of Religious Affairs was also present at the event. The new bishop urged him to support grassroots social outreach rather than conferences in hotels.
French Bishops welcome Macron re-election, lament growing divisions

Apr 26, 2022

Following the re-election of Emmanuel Macron as President of France, the president of the French Bishops’ Conference says voters made a reasonable choice but notes that the results show growing political divisions.
Easter celebrations in Ukraine in spite of ongoing fighting

Apr 26, 2022

Orthodox Christians and Eastern-rite Catholics in Ukraine celebrated Easter Sunday amid ongoing fighting in various area of the country.
Cardinal Ranjith calls for justice and change in Sri Lanka

Apr 26, 2022

As the 269 victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka are commemorated during Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday, the Archbishop of Colombo talks about the quest for truth and justice, and about a State that continues to fail its people.
The 1631 apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel in Mexico

Apr 26, 2022

Saint Michael the Archangel appeared to Diego Lázaro de San Francisco, a young convert, for the first time on April 25, 1631 in what is now Mexico's Tlaxcala state.
The pope gave a shout-out to the creators of ‘ALIVE,’ the eucharist film in theaters April 25

Apr 26, 2022

The creators of a new documentary on the Eucharist got a special surprise to coincide with the film’s one-day release in U.S. theaters Monday: a plug from the pope.
Religious leaders touched by foot-washing ritual

Apr 22, 2022

Imran Shaikh cannot describe in words what he experienced when a Catholic priest washed his feet on Maundy Thursday at St Vincent Pallotti Church in India’s financial hub, Mumbai.
Pope reappoints Filipino bishop to Vatican worship office

Apr 22, 2022

Pope Francis has reappointed a Filipino archbishop to another term as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments at the Vatican.
Hindus enact Passion of Christ

Apr 22, 2022

A group of 40 Hindu men and women enacted the Passion of Christ in the northern Indian city of Varanasi, the heartland of Hinduism on April 15, Good Friday.
Lector dies during Good Friday service

Apr 22, 2022

A woman, who served as a lector during a Good Friday service on Indonesia’s Catholic-majority island of Flores, suddenly collapsed and died while reading from the holy book, prompting a priest to call her death a “blessing from God.”