NIGERIA At least 86 killed in more violent attacks by Fulani herdsmen on Christian villages Nigeria’s government late last Sunday announced “deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities” in central Plateau State but did not give a death toll. However, a Plateau State police spokesman, Mathias Tyopev, said 86 people had been killed...
KOREA “The summit is a new step towards peace” say local Church leaders. Local Church leaders have expressed cautious optimism following the declaration signed by Trump and Kim after the summit last week. “You can imagine how anxiously the Korean people and the church here in Korea are experiencing this truly historic moment,” commented...
NIGERIA Militants set fire to church building The Diocese of Maiduguri reported that militants connected with the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram set fire to the Catechetical Training Centre in Kaya, and burnt down another 22 buildings on Monday 11 June. One member of Boko Haram was killed during the raid during on a...
INDIA Bishops appeal for ‘true nationalism’ and dialogue between different religions ‘Dialogue with followers of other religions and with ecumenical groups is the need of the hour’ India’s bishops have issued a statement appealing for “true nationalism” in order to bring “genuine peace, harmony, progress and prosperity”. Referring to the current climate of violence,...
IRAQ Vatican opens cause for sainthood of martyred priest and deacons The Congregation for Saints’ Causes at the Vatican has given its permission for the opening of the sainthood cause of an Iraqi priest and three deacons who were murdered by armed gunmen in Mosul. The Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 12 million war casualties in the battle over natural resources The priest Father Apollinaire Cibaka Cikongo: “Your country may be hell. But it is still your country. It is not easy to be a priest in the Congo. We draw our strength from God and the faith.” A ravaged, exhausted,...
SYRIA The Good Samaritans of the Valley of the Christians Mzeina Hospital is situated in the small town of the same name, one of several that make up the Valley of the Christians (Wadi Al-Nasara in Arabic), a rural region of Syria, close to the frontier with Lebanon and roughly halfway between the city...
