IRAQ – Church announces survival plan for displaced Christians Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled plans to provide a future for Iraq’s displaced Christians – despite fresh reports showing the extent of the destruction of their homes in the Nineveh Plains. Archbishop Warda said the Churches aim to rebuild “so that the IDPs...
CONGO – Framework Agreement to govern Church – state relations signed The Holy See and the Republic of the Congo have finalised a framework agreement on the relations between the Catholic Church and the state. The agreement was signed at the Palace of the People of the Republic of the Congo in Brazzaville by...
SOUTH SUDAN – Survival is a daily struggle for ordinary citizens South Sudan, located in the heart of Africa, is the youngest nation in the world; it gained independence from Sudan in July 2011. Two years later, a civil war broke out, pitting the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) against the opposition; the...
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SAN ĠORĠ PRECA – L-GĦALLIEM TAL-PINNA F’għeluq il-137 sena minn twelidu – 12 ta’ Frar, 1880. Josette Spiteri SDC – membru tas-Soċjetà tal-Museum Għad hawn ħafna nies fostna li kellhom ix-xorti li laħqu ħaj lil San Ġorġ Preca. Dawn ħutna ċertament li kellhom u għad għandhom vantaġġ fuq nies bħali li ma laħquhx, għaliex...
SWEDEN – Midwife denied work for refusing to carry out abortions Ellinor Grimmark, a Swedish midwife who objects to abortion because of her Christian beliefs, is appealing to a labor tribunal after being turned down for jobs at three local clinics. Grimmark, is suing the Joenkoeping regional health authority on grounds of discrimination. Her...
PAKISTAN – 112 Muslim suspects acquitted of burning Christian Districtta All 112 suspects accused of ransacking, looting and then burning a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore’s Joseph Colony on 9 March 2013 were acquitted recently by a Pakistani anti-terrorism judge, Chaudhry Muhammad Azam. The stated reason was that prosecution witnesses failed to identify the suspects, while...
IRAQ – “Marshall Plan” needed for Nineveh Plain “Hope is coming back to the Nineveh Plains” reports the Middle East expert of a Catholic pastoral charity after returning from a fact-finding mission from the Iraqi Christian villages liberated last November from IS. Father Andrzej Halemba, head of the Middle East section for Aid to...
EGYPT – Muslim extremists committing daily atrocities against Christians Islamic extremists are carrying out daily atrocities, including kidnapping and murder. against Egyptian Christians. A local source, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) “There are many extremists Muslims who commit horrific acts every day –...
Pope addresses Commission for dialogue with Oriental Orthodox Churches Pope Francis sent a message to the International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Commission group includes representatives of the six ancient Churches of the East who met in the Vatican this week. Below is the official...
