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...
SIERRA LEONE – Emergency aid for flood Victims Emergency aid for flood Victims in the Archdiocese of Freetown “We remain thankful to God for the support from our own church” exclaimed 86 year old Baromi Kanu, after she received a package containing food and other essential items that was given to her by the Most...
Nigerian genocide – Bishop Doeme appeals to all Christians for help Bishop Doeme, whose diocese is in north-east Nigeria, is sending out an urgent worldwide appeal. He asks Christians everywhere to tell their international institutions to stop sitting on their hands and do something about the threat of genocide by Boko Haram, the Islamic...
Renewed hope as vocations flourish- 35 young Carmelite brothers join seminary Ever since he was a little boy, Jean-Thierry Ebogo from Cameron had had just one dream: he wanted to become a priest, in order to be “like Jesus”, nothing less. Sadly, his dream was not to be fulfilled, for this young Carmelite friar...
Bethlehem, Palestine/Holy Land “Jesus is the door to peace” As Bethlehem celebrated Christmas in difficult circumstances, the...
INDIA Fifteen Indian Christians arrested in church surrounded by radical Hindu mob Fifteen Christians from the parish of Jodukatte Puttur in the Indian state of Karnataka were arrested on New Year’s Eve when police stormed into in their local church while they were praying. Police alleged they acted to “protect” them from a radical Hindu...
IRAN Nine Christians arrested on Christmas Day for celebrating Jesus’ birth Arrests of Christians in Iran have continued despite the historic deal reached last July with Western world leaders, which lifted economic sanctions from Iran in exchange for limits on the country’s nuclear programme. Plain-clothes agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)...
Now Christmas is over …. what did it all mean? Now that the Christmas festivities are over, we should reflect on what it all meant, what we have learnt from it, if anything. W.H. Auden, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anglo-American poet known for his wit and his leftist politics, is the author of one of...
