ETHIOPIA – New chapel in one of the remotest regions of the country The region of Benishangul-Gumuz lies in the far west of Ethiopia, on the border with Sudan, and is one of the poorest and most underdeveloped regions in the country. It has a population of almost 990,000, a little over one fifth...
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 – Christians excluded from reconstruction plans A coalition of mainly Christian UK-based charities working in Iraq and Syria warned that leaders of religious minority communities are being excluded from the National Settlement plan for northern Iraq being put together by Iraq and other regional powers and presented to the UN. Exclusion of Christians from...
