Healing a “distorted, bloodied and corrupted society” The leader of Nigeria’s Catholics has made an impassioned plea for peace and dialogue as the country faces violence, crippling economic crisis, and the threat of famine in the north-east, where militants continue to carry out attacks.The call comes at a time of heightened tension amid reports...
CONGO – A spring of water welling up in glorious Kinshasa A Contemplative community of religious Sisters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who pray for persecuted Christians will have their future ensured by a new well, after a chronic shortage of water threatened their survival. “We didn’t know how we were...
Orthodox and Catholics: “Saving unborn children together in the Spirit of Christ” Orthodox and Catholics in Russia are developing joint initiatives for the protection of life. In doing so, they are transforming shared beliefs into concrete programmes and responding tothe appeal made by their church leaders. The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in...
SYRIA – “A Lent of tears” Marking the beginning of Lent 2017 with a pastoral letter, the leader of the Maronite Church in Damascus, Archbishop Samir Nassar, described the situation in Syria in terms of an “apocalypse … a large wasteland of ruins, pulverized buildings, burned out homes, neighborhoods turned into ghost towns, villages razed...
MALAWI – Priest thanks benefactors for new vehicle which enables him to carry out pastoral work In 2017 Father Lazarus Kennedy Girevulo will be celebrating the Silver Jubilee of his ordination. When he was first ordained, almost 25 years ago, in the Cathedral of St Augustine in Mangochi, he never dreamt that he himself would...
SYRIA – 6th anniversary of uprising Archbishop Jurkovi? appeals to international community for help ‘The unjust suffering of the innocent victims of this senseless slaughter should motivate all involved parties to engage in a serious dialogue and to work towards a future of peace and justice.’ ZENIT – Photo HSM Archbishop Ivan Jurkovi?, Permanent Observer of...
SOUTH SUDAN – Rebels kidnap eight Christian charity workers South Sudanese rebels have kidnapped eight local aid workers employed by a US charity Samaritan’s Purse a military spokesman said. The aid workers were taken from a village near Mayendit, about 420 miles (680 km) northeast of the capital of Juba. “The rebel attacked and...
SYRIA – UN investigators conclude “Both sides committed war crimes.” The U.N. Commission of Inquiry has published a report identifying war crimes committed by both sides in Syria’s war. The report covers the July-December 2016 period and is based on 291 interviews with victims and witnesses, as well as analysis of forensic evidence and satellite...
