Bangladesh 27.11.2015 Missionary attacked on 18 November in Suihari (Bangladesh) is out of danger but remains in hospital Father Piero Parolari, a medical doctor and missionary with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was attacked by three men while he was riding his bicycle to his work at St Vincent Hospital,...
HIGHLIGHTS of Pope’s visit to Kenya Kenya was the first stop on Pope Francis’ first visit to Africa. On arriving he met with ecumenical and religious leaders and told them that interfaith dialogue was not optional but “essential, something which our world, wounded by conflict and division, increasingly needs.” Musonde Kivuva, archbishop of Mombasa...
Mgr Paolo Bizzetti inaugurated as new bishop of Anatolia after five years On Sunday, 29th November, The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, Turkey, welcomed its new bishop – H.E.Mgr.Paolo Bizzeti. The community of the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia has been without a bishop for five years following the murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese. “I’m coming...
Shameful silence –as everyone rushes to the aid of refugees flooding Europe, Christians have been abandoned As European and American leaders welcome with open arms the hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees flooding into Europe, the desperate cries of persecuted Christians in Syria and Iraq are increasingly being ignored. When it comes to the...
Pope Francis sets off for Kenya at start of African tour Pope Francis flew to Kenya this week to start a three-nation African tour – his first to the continent as pontiff. “I go with joy to meet Kenyans, Ugandans and our brothers in Central Africa,” he told journalists on his plane. Kenya’s government...
Islamisation of underage children – what the new laws mean On October 27 the Parliament in Iraq rejected a proposal made by Christian representatives (but also supported by parliamentarians belonging to different alliances) to amend the law according to which a child is automatically registered as a Muslim, even if only one parent converts to...
Zahlé, Lebanon 19.11.2015 Lebanese Archbishop calls on Europe to rethink the Syria conflict following the attacks in Paris In the view of the Melkite-Catholic Archbishop of Zahlé in Lebanon, the attacks which took place in Paris were only a matter of time. “We have always known that ISIS is a danger to...
SOUTH SUDAN “People are dying as we speak” Church deplores humanitarian disaster in South Sudan – tribal conflicts are displacing thousands of people Religious leaders of South Sudan have turned to the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need with a dramatic appeal for help. Catholic, Protestant and Islamic leaders claimed in...
Central African Republic 18.11.2015 “It would be a tragedy if the Pope could not come “ Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is appealing to its benefactors to pray this Sunday for the papal visit, despite the most recent violence in the country. On 29 and 30 November Pope Francis is due...
Chinese priest found dead in mysterious circumstances On 11 Nov the family of Father Pedro Yu Heping, also known as Wei Heping, were informed by Chinese police that he was found dead. The circumstances surrounding his death are mysterious. Father Yu’s body was found on 8 Nov in the Fen River, a tributary of the...
