Global Church News

Say yes to Christ’s invitations in your life, Francis exhorts young people

Jan 28, 2019

Reflecting on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s fiat, Pope Francis encouraged World Youth Day participants Saturday night to say yes to God’s grace in their lives.
Mgr Moussa becomes the new Archbishop of Mosul

Jan 28, 2019

Mgr Najib Mikhael Moussa issued a message of “coexistence, love, and peace” on the occasion of his inauguration as the new archbishop of Mosul. In it, he calls for an end to the extremist ideology of Daesh (Islamic State group).
In Panama, Pope tells priests to recover their strength to continue the mission

Jan 27, 2019

Francis met priests, consecrated persons and members of lay movements. He also dedicated an altar in the Cathedral. "A wearied hope will be healed and will enjoy that ‘particular tiredness of heart’ when it is unafraid to return to the place of its first love and to find, in the peripheries and challenges before us today, the same song, the same gaze that inspired the song and the gaze of those who have gone before us.”
WYD: Pope, the Way of the Cross of Jesus continues today amid indifference and selfishness

Jan 27, 2019

Francis noted "the way of Jesus" continues in a society that consumes and is consumed, ignores and ignores itself in the pain of its fellow human beings” and “in the hidden and outraged pain of those who, instead of solidarity, find rejection, pain and misery in a society replete with abundance, and who are moreover marked and treated as bearers and guilty for every social evil."
WYD: Pope tells young inmates that a society is healthy only if it can integrate

Jan 27, 2019

Francis celebrated a penitential liturgy in a youth detention centre. He focused his reflection "telling tales and gossiping" in opposition to "conversion".
Young people from the Holy Land with the Pope in Panama for peace in Jerusalem

Jan 27, 2019

A group of 41 young men and women, two volunteers and three priests left the Holy Land for Panama. For Fr Bashar, this is a "very unique experience" and an "opportunity" for the young people to "strengthen their faith" and share experiences in a different country. Rosaries made from olive wood of Bethlehem will be handed out. A young woman will bear witness.
WYD kicks off with the message: ‘Have the courage to be saints’

Jan 27, 2019

At the opening Mass of World Youth Day 2019, Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta of Panama told young people from across the globe that a life of holiness is really possible, with the help of God’s grace.
Israel’s nation-state law “discriminates and marginalises” Christians

Jan 26, 2019

Alarm launched by the bishops of the "Coordination of support" of the Holy Land at the end of their visit. Christians have the task of living as "full citizens", in the context of a "plural and democratic" society. The appeal to world governments to redouble "efforts for a diplomatic solution" with two states.
It’s a ‘grave sin’ to deny God has blessed other Christians

Jan 26, 2019

Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to one Christ
Benedictine nun inspires religious in Manila

Jan 26, 2019

A Benedictine nun, Maria Teresa Forcades, stressed on the need to promote “Gender equality” in society and Church.