THE SEED OF CHRISTIAN UNITY United in their appeal for peace in Syria and Iraq, Pope Francis and the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, have demonstrated that faith in Christ is a bond that is stronger than any denominational difference. The Assyrian Church of the East, based in Northern Iraq, has approximately...
After Asia Bibi was pronounced innocent on 31st October 2018, protesters who continue to demand her execution, blocked highways and forced the closure of schools and businesses. This violent protests were organised by the Islamist political movement Tehreek-e-Labbaik. In order to end the protests, Pakistan’s government agreed to a deal which allowed Tehreek-e-Labbaik to begin...
THEY DIED AT THEIR POST Between 1994 and 1996, Bishop Pierre Claverie O.P. and 18 others were killed during the Algerian civil war. The cause for their beatification opened in 2007 and at the beginning of this year, Pope Francis signed the decree confirming that they died in “odium fidei” (hatred of the faith) thus...
SUCCESS STORY: BICYCLES FOR CATECHISTS In the Indian diocese of Rayagada, there are just 50,000 Catholics among a total population of approximately 5.5 million people. And the area has been notorious for the violent attacks against Christians there. Most of these Catholics come from the poorest and most socially excluded levels of society and many...
Good news! Remember Asia Bibi? The Pakistani Catholic mother of five who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010? She has been proved innocent and set free. Pakistan’s Supreme Court this morning (Wednesday, 31st October) overturned the death sentence hanging over the Catholic labourer from Punjab who in 2010 became the first woman in...
MARAWI: ONE YEAR AFTER One year after Islamic terrorists were driven out of the city of Marawi in the Philippines, thousands of Christians are still unable to return to their homes, reduced in many cases to debris, with almost all of them still bearing bullet marks. The attack of jihadist groups linked to the self-proclaimed...
A DAILY NIGHTMARE The city of Jos, in Northern Nigeria, has suffered long years of violent inter-religious crises in the past and just when it seems to be rising up like the phoenix from the ashes, the incessant Fulani herdsmen attacks which have torched many other states in the Country, makes this impossible. Last month,...
SYNOD: A RENEWED ZEAL On the day Pope Francis launched the Preparatory Document of the Synod of Bishops, he said to the young people, in the words of St. Benedict, “The Church wishes to listen to your voice, your sensitivities and your faith; even your doubts and your...
THANK YOU FOR THE MASS OFFERINGS When you request for the Holy Mass to be offered for you or your loved ones, living or deceased, it serves a double-fold purpose. The Mass offers great graces for you and your loved ones while the offerings help the Priests who are carrying out pastoral work in places...
HELP FOR A TRAUMATISED PEOPLE In a country of 12 million people, an estimated 380,000 have lost their lives to a relentless armed conflict that started in 2013. The people of Sudan are a traumatised generation. And they seem to have been forgotten by the rest of the world. Project partner of ACN, Bishop Macram...
