MALTA 1000s of Maltese children are helping Syrian children attend school Over 5500 children from 24 schools throughout the Maltese islands have been taking part in a fundraising campaign to help some of the most deprived children in Syria get an education. A total of 24 schools – 8 schools from Gozo, 9 church...
INDONESIA 11 killed as family of suicide bombers attacks three churches Three Indonesian churches were attacked during worship services on Sunday in a series of coordinated explosions by suicide bombers that horrified the country’s Christian minority and Muslim majority alike. Diponegoro Indonesian Christian Church, Surabaya Center Pentecostal Church, and Santa Maria Tak Berkeley Catholic...
Pope Francis calls for action against modern slavery “Slavery is not something from other times.” Pope Francis called for global action against slavery, reminding world leaders that “Slavery is not something from other times.” His remarks came in a video message the Holy Father sent to participants in the II International Forum on modern slavery,...
SYRIA 300 displaced Christians of Krak des Chevaliers desperately seek help to return home Father George Maamary, the parish priest of the church of the Assumption, which is close to the Krak des Chevaliers fortress, is asking our help to rebuild their church so that the families can return there soon Qalat’al Hosn is...
SALVADOR Why Bishop Romero and Pope Paul VI are being canonised together “Bishop Romero was a student of Paul VI. It is significant that they are being canonised together,” says Cardinal Rosa Chávez In order to understand properly the miraculous signs of the canonisation of the Blessed Paul VI and the Blessed Bishop Romero,...
PHILIPPINES Cardinal and Bishops Conference condemn killing of priest The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has condemned the murder of Fr. Mark Ventura who was shot dead by an unknown gunman on 29 April. Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, the president of the Philippines bishops’ conference, issued a statement shortly after the murder...
INDIA A love that doesn’t take retirement They have dedicated their lives to God and to their fellow men, following a path of great renunciation. They are seven priests who, many decades ago, left behind their own home territory in the South of India to work as missionaries in the North of the country....
MEXICO Clergy appeal for an end to violence An impassioned appeal to the Mexican government to stamp out “growing uncontrolled violence” has come from a Catholic priest whose organization has exposed the country as being the most dangerous place for clergy in the whole of Latin America. In an interview with Aid to the...
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC At least 19 killed including priest in church attack A priest has described seeing at least 19 Christians were killed when gunmen ‘rained down bullets’ on more than 2,000 people gathered for Mass in the Central African Republic. Father Moses Otii, the parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church...
Bishops demand that President acts to end violence or resign Nigeria’s bishops have issued a formal statement calling on the President to “consider stepping aside” and accusing the government of security failures which they blame for the murder of 17 Christians including two priests. Condemning the “rampaging and murderous terrorists”, the Catholic Bishops Conference of...
