4-wheel drive vehicle needed  for pastoral work in the new diocese of Bahir Dar–Dessi Many foreign tourists fly to Bahir Dar in Western Ethiopia. The third largest city in the country, it is a place where you can not only holiday beneath blossoming tropical trees on the shores of Lake Tana, or take a boat...

Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart celebrating  his 20 anniversary as Bishop of Aleppo writes a moving testimony of his fight for his faithful to stay in Syria. It has been 20 years, exactly. On Sept. 16, 1995 the Church saw fit to appoint me to lead the Diocese of Aleppo. It was a solemn day in my...

Syria    17.09.2015 Bishop Audo: Help us to stay on in Syria –  only 50,000 Christians now left in Aleppo  “We Christians are determined to stay on in Syria and continue to give our witness.” This was the assurance given by Chaldean bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo during a conference organised by the Italian national...

For millions of Catholics in Europe, celebrating Sunday Mass in a suitable church building without fear of terrorist attack is something we take for granted. But for Bishop Bruno Ateba, the bishop of the diocese of Maroua-Mokolo, it is the subject of his heartfelt prayer. After the suicide attacks last July in the town of...

Catholics on the Island Await Pope With Great Hope  Oliver Maksan of Aid to the Church in Need The Catholic Church in Cuba is looking forward with great expectation to the visit of Pope Francis, which began on Saturday. “It is a gift of God that within a short period of time he is already...

Although Christians in India are now being persecuted on a daily basis, clergymen are often the first to be singled out because of their high visibility in small religious communities. Rural clergy of all Christian denominations are being targeted in particular by right wing Hindu nationalist groups. In 2013, 70-year-old Indian pastor Rev Krupaiah and...