26th June 2015 Municipality gives in to uproar following Christian conference, dubbed by Jews ‘a show of forced conversion’ The Jerusalem Municipality has decided to consult the city’s Orthodox chief rabbis before approving any public Christian event that might possible include missionary activity, Israeli news site Ynet reported on Thursday. Last month, a public event by Christians...
Holy Land 24.06.2015 Rome/Königstein – 24.06.2014 To “transform a shared home into a family, through dialogue” – this is the “challenge” for the Church in the Holy Land, according to Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, the papal nuncio in Israel and apostolic delegate for Palestine. Speaking to the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the...
L-ACN (Malta) tieħu sehem fil-Fiera Nazzjonali fl-MFCC Ta’ Qali L-iskop tal-parteċipazzjoni hija li nqajjmu kuxjenza favur il-Kristjani ppersegwitati u biex nippromwovu l-Evanġelizazzjoni tal-Knisja. Nistiednu lil kulħadd biex jiġi jiltaqa’ magħna. Ħin tad-dħul: Bejn is-6.30p.m. sal-11.00p.m. Wiri tal-film ‘Of Gods and Men’ Dan ser jintwera llejla, 3 ta’ Lulju 2015, fl-“Oratorju” Naxxar fis-7.30pm. Il-film ‘Of...
South Sudan A presbytery for the newly established parish in Barsherki The congregation of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate is young, having been established only in 1998, in India. However, it has many vocations. It currently has 118 priests, and another 350 young men are now preparing to receive ordination and take their permanent vows....
Saturday, June 27, 2015 New York City, N.Y., Jun 27, 2015 / 04:07 pm (CNA).- Growing unrest in the Middle East is causing great concern for the Christian community around the world, and author George J. Marlin is hoping to enlighten Western Christians on how seriously matters are progressing, as their brethren in the Middle...
Sunday, June 28, 2015 The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, Archbishop Samir Nassar, has written a letter describing the deteriorating situation in Syria, entitled: ‘From Anxiety to Hope’. He writes: THE ROAD TO CALVARY: It seems that the Syrian crisis is the cruellest human drama since the Second World War. Here are the dramatic figures: Four out...
Kien ta’ pjaċir għalina li nhar l-Erbgħa, 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, l-E.T. Mons. Charles Jude Scicluna, Arċisqof ta’ Malta, f’laqgħa ta’ kortesija iltaqa’ mas-Sur Neville Kyrke-Smith, Direttur Nazzjonali tar-Renju Unit u mas-Sur Stephen Axisa, Direttur Nazzjonali ta’ Malta. Is-Sur Neville Kyrke-Smith ta lill-E.T. dettalji dwar iż-żjara li għamel riċenti fl-Iraq u s-sitwazzjoni tal-Kristjani f’dan ir-Reġjun....
Tabgha, Holy Land 19.06.2015 Following the arson attack on the Roman Catholic Church of the Multiplication in Israel, Christians are greatly concerned about growing intolerance Following an arson attack on the Roman Catholic Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha in Israel suspected to have been carried out by Jewish extremists, concern among Christians...
Syria/Middle East Monday, 22nd June 2015 Königstein/Sutton, 22nd June 2015. Middle East Patriarchs have called on their faithful to forge closer ties with Muslim neighbours in the struggle against Islamist ideologies, saying that extremism threatens people of all faiths. In a joint pastoral message, the five Patriarchs of Antioch (in modern-day Turkey, close to the...
Homs, Syria 23 Jun. 2015 For years, Father Ziad has been helping refugees in Syria – Now he is leaving the country – “I wouldn’t have been able to do anything without the support of aid organisations such as Aid to the Church in Need,” he said in parting. By Oliver Maksan At the moment,...
