A three-year training  programme for lay helpers at the pastoral centre of in  Mymensingh Catholics represent only a tiny minority in Bangladesh which is over 90% Muslim – only 200,000 out of  144 million people . Christianity here is still developing.  In the region of Mymensingh for example, the Church has [...]

Muslim world leaders condemn terror attacks done in name of Islam Mohamed Fatris Bakaram, the Mufti of Singapore,  told the country's Catholic Archbishop that Islam completely condemns the Easter Sunday terrorist attack in Lahore which targeted Christians and civilians, killing at least 72 people.In a letter of condolence to Catholic Church [...]

CONGO - Priest who reported atrocities and campaigned for human rights killed by gunmen A 51-year-old Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his home country was killed by armed militants in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Father Vincent Machozi Karunzu was visiting his family [...]

Authorities say government will now ordain bishops not the Church The Chinese government continues to tighten  its grip on Christianity. The latest move against Christians is to exert influence on the nation's two government-controlled Catholic organizations to agree to ordain bishops "under the leadership of the government" rather than the Vatican. [...]

SYRIA - 66 % of Syrian Christians gone, Chaldean Catholic bishop says Antoine Audo, a  Chaldean Catholic bishop in Aleppo has warned that two-thirds of all Christians in the war-torn country have left since the conflict began in March 2011, which means close to a million believers have fled the country. [...]

YEMEN Eyewitness account from nun who survived massacre A nun who is the lone survivor of an Islamic State terrorist attack on a church-run retirement home in Yemen earlier this month has provided an eyewitness testimony of the massacre that took the lives of 16 people, including four nuns.In speaking with a [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Brave priest works to break cycle of sectarian violence in Bozoum The parish of St Michael in Bozoum is one of the oldest parishes in the country. It was first founded in 1927, the first mission station outside the modern capital of Bangui. It became famous above all [...]

Radical Islamist herdsmen kill 500 Christians in a month - survivors afraid to bury their dead In a series of attacks over the last month, radical Muslims have killed almost 500 predominantly Christian farmers in Benue state in central Nigeria. Muslim Fulani herdsmen launched a heavy attack against the Agatu farmers [...]

Widespread abuse of Christian refugees largely ignored by German authorities Christians refugees have been afraid to seek shelter in official refugee camps in the Middle East because they were attacked and even killed by Muslims while camp authorities did nothing to help them. Now they are also being psychologically abused, physically [...]

IRAQ ACN delegation takes gift from Pope to Christians in Erbil From 1st to 4 April this year a delegation from ACN Italy will visit the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Pope Francis wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to entrust some sacred vestments, together with a personal [...]