MALTA – Maltese President has audience with Pope Francis – ACN Malta
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MALTA – Maltese President has audience with Pope Francis – ACN Malta

Pope meets with President of Malta   The president of the Republic of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, had an audience with Pope Francis last Saturday. According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office, the discussions were cordial, evoking the good relations between the Holy See and Malta, and “focusing in particular on...

AUSTRIA – Mgr Camilleri speaks about discrimination against Christians at conference
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AUSTRIA – Mgr Camilleri speaks about discrimination against Christians at conference

AUSTRIA – Mgr Camilleri speaks at conference on discrimination against Christians   Maltese cleric Monsignor Antoine Camilleri, Vatican Undersecretary for Relations With States, spoke at the OSCE/ODIHR Conference on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, held recently in Vienna.  Mgr Camilleri was born in Sliema, Malta in 1965. He attended St. Joseph’s School, Sliema, and St....

PHILIPPINES Terrorism threatens cancellation of Manila church services – ACN Malta
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PHILIPPINES Terrorism threatens cancellation of Manila church services – ACN Malta

PHILIPPINES Manila churches could cancel services over terrorism threat Filipino cardinal Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato has condemned as an act of “terrorism” a bomb explosion outside a Catholic church in the southern Philippines which injured three people. The attack took place as Mass-goers were leaving Our Lady of Hope Church on Sunday, 27th November,...

MEXICO Religious Right begins to assert itself in secular society – ACN Malta
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MEXICO Religious Right begins to assert itself in secular society – ACN Malta

MEXICO Religious Right begins to assert itself in secular society   The religious right is rising as a political force in Mexico, where the church has been relegated to the sidelines of public life for decades. Conservative Catholics and other Christian groups now attempting to influence the National Congress and mobilize the masses. The growing...

IRAQ “We are still afraid” – ACN Königstein
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IRAQ “We are still afraid” – ACN Königstein

IRAQ “We are still afraid”   During a visit to the international headquarters of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the Syrian Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Yohanna Petros Mouche, deplored the fact that Christians were still afraid of returning to their villages, despite the liberation of the Nineveh plains. He said...

INDONESIA Christians in Aceh have to pray in the forest – ACN Malta
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INDONESIA Christians in Aceh have to pray in the forest – ACN Malta

INDONESIA Christians in Aceh have to pray in the forest   A year ago six churches in Aceh province of Indonesia were destroyed by mobs at the behest of Islamic extremists. Mobs incited by hardline preachers demanded all unregistered churches be destroyed and attacked several, burning them to the ground. Eleven churches in total were...

EGYPT Bomb in Cairo Coptic church kills 25 people – ACN Malta
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EGYPT Bomb in Cairo Coptic church kills 25 people – ACN Malta

EGYPT Bomb in Cairo Coptic cathedral complex kills 25 people On Monday Egyptians held a prayer service for 25 Christians killed the day before at St Peter’s church in Cairo. “Silence. Interior silence that longs for hope, for healing, for pardon, for justice and for peace.” These were the words of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II...

EU exhibits Aleppo children’s peace drawings – ACN Malta
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EU exhibits Aleppo children’s peace drawings – ACN Malta

EU exhibits Aleppo children’s Peace drawings In the week before the Skype conference with EU politicians, in West Aleppo a group of 25 Christian and Muslim children under the guidance of the Franciscan friar Fr. Ibrahim prepared songs, drawings and special messages of peace. European Parliament Vice-President Antonio Tajani working together with Aid to the...