Pope Fancis announces special collection for victims of Ukraine conflict Pope Francis has asked all Catholic churches in Europe to take up a special collection for the victims of the Ukraine conflict on 24 April. Speaking to tens of thousands of Catholics in St Peter’s Square, the Pope declared: “This gesture of charity, in...
“We will not be able to overcome the hatred without a willingness for reconciliation” Jews and Christians, Israelis and Palestinians want to break through the spiral of violence – Aid to the Church in Need is supporting a reconciliation project The Holy Land is being rocked by violence. Since the autumn of 2015,...
A three-year training programme for lay helpers at the pastoral centre of in Mymensingh Catholics represent only a tiny minority in Bangladesh which is over 90% Muslim – only 200,000 out of 144 million people . Christianity here is still developing. In the region of Mymensingh for example, the Church has only been present...
Muslim world leaders condemn terror attacks done in name of Islam Mohamed Fatris Bakaram, the Mufti of Singapore, told the country’s Catholic Archbishop that Islam completely condemns the Easter Sunday terrorist attack in Lahore which targeted Christians and civilians, killing at least 72 people. In a letter of condolence to Catholic Church leader Mgr.William...
CONGO – Priest who reported atrocities and campaigned for human rights killed by gunmen A 51-year-old Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his home country was killed by armed militants in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Father Vincent Machozi Karunzu was visiting his family in the village...
Authorities say government will now ordain bishops not the Church The Chinese government continues to tighten its grip on Christianity. The latest move against Christians is to exert influence on the nation’s two government-controlled Catholic organizations to agree to ordain bishops “under the leadership of the government” rather than the Vatican. At a recent...
SYRIA – 66 % of Syrian Christians gone, Chaldean Catholic bishop says Antoine Audo, a Chaldean Catholic bishop in Aleppo has warned that two-thirds of all Christians in the war-torn country have left since the conflict began in March 2011, which means close to a million believers have fled the country. He said there...
YEMEN Eyewitness account from nun who survived massacre A nun who is the lone survivor of an Islamic State terrorist attack on a church-run retirement home in Yemen earlier this month has provided an eyewitness testimony of the massacre that took the lives of 16 people, including four nuns. In speaking with a fellow nun...
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Brave priest works to break cycle of sectarian violence in Bozoum The parish of St Michael in Bozoum is one of the oldest parishes in the country. It was first founded in 1927, the first mission station outside the modern capital of Bangui. It became famous above all as a result...
Radical Islamist herdsmen kill 500 Christians in a month – survivors afraid to bury their dead In a series of attacks over the last month, radical Muslims have killed almost 500 predominantly Christian farmers in Benue state in central Nigeria. Muslim Fulani herdsmen launched a heavy attack against the Agatu farmers on 22 Feb...
