ETHIOPIA – More than 10.2 million people threatened by famine Aid to the Church in Need grants 460,000 euros in emergency aid to famine victims In an interview with the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the deputy secretary general of the Ethiopian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Father Haile Gabriel Meleku,...
South Korean Catholic priests invited to hold annual services in North Korea The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK) announced they will be making annual visits to North Korea at the end of a historic four-day trip across the border. 17 representatives from the Catholic Church in South Korea, including CBCK president Archbishop Hyginus...
“If you don’t serve others, you have no reason to be alive!” – Pope Francis “Whoever serves and gives, seems like a failure in the eyes of the world. In reality, it is exactly in giving their life that they find it” said Pope Francis during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for all...
Starved into submission Rebels as well as Government are denying food aid, says charity projects chief Entire communities at risk of starvation as aid convoys are denied access Food has become “the most deadly weapon of war” in Syria, according to a leading Catholic charity’s Middle East projects coordinator, who says both government and...
Pastor Saeed Abedini released from prison after three years After spending more than three years in prison on account of his Christian faith, Pastor Saeed Abedini was released by the Iranian authorities last Saturday, along with three other detained Americans: Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian; former Marine Amir Hekmati and Nosratollah Khosavi-Roodsar. This was...
Are Christian refugees worse off than Muslim refugees? Fr Khalil Jaar, who is currently looking after 400 displaced Christian families at his parish in Jordan, believes that Christian refugees are in a far worse position than Muslim refugees. He warned that Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria are not only being being actively “eliminated”...
‘Witch Hunt’ against churches persists even after Pope’s visit Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro’s rise in power, construction of churches in Cuba had been severely limited and a large number of Catholic priests were jailed or exiled. However, as relations with both the Vatican and the U.S. improved, there was hope...
Worst record for persecution of Christians in the world For the 13th consecutive year, North Korea has topped the list of countries where religious persecution is most extreme. According to the latest report “Persecuted and Forgotten?” from Aid to the Church in Need, only conversion to a state-sanctioned Christian church is allowed in North...
Adoption process begins for five Christian children seized from their parents Barnevernet (Norway’s child services agency) has started an adoption process for five children who were seized from their Romanian Pentecostal parents last November. All five children, including a tiny baby, were placed in three separate foster homes and their parents given extremely limited...
“We will pray for Daesh” The Holy Year of Mercy is hailed with joy between Iraq and Morocco – Catholic voices from the Arab world The Holy Year of Mercy that was solemnly inaugurated by Pope Francis on 8 December in Romeis beinghailed with joy by Catholics throughout the Arab world – from...
