Did you know... Ferrero Rocher chocolates were inspired by Lourdes?   Inside the golden wrapper of a Ferrero Rocher chocolate there is a multilayered sweet that looks a bit like a rock: a toasted hazelnut placed in a wafer shell filled with hazelnut cream, with a chocolate coating with pieces [...]

INDIA  “It is anything but easy to be a Christian in India today” Dimensions of the community of faith: sources of friction and inspiration from India Interview with Veronique Vogel, head of the Indian section of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), on the situation of Christians in India. [...]

BOSNIA The more people give, the greater their contentment    Two professions in the life of the Croat religious sister Marija Bešker from Bosnia “She is stronger than Tito,” a doctor at the Trauma Surgery Unit of the Clinical Centre of the University of Sarajevo says. She is quick to [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  ”Pray for this young, fragile but courageous Church” – interview with Fr Trinchero   Father Federico Trinchero, the Superior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel convent in Bangui, talks about the attack perpetrated recently in the Central African Republic and answers questions from ACN ACN - What [...]

MALTA 1000s of Maltese children are helping Syrian children attend school   Over 5500 children from 24 schools throughout the Maltese islands have been taking part in a fundraising campaign to help some of the most deprived children in Syria get an education. A total of 24 schools -  8 [...]

INDONESIA 11 killed as family of suicide bombers attacks three churches   Three Indonesian churches were attacked during worship services on Sunday in a series of coordinated explosions by suicide bombers that horrified the country’s Christian minority and Muslim majority alike. Diponegoro Indonesian Christian Church,  Surabaya Center Pentecostal Church, and [...]

Pope Francis calls for action against modern slavery   "Slavery is not something from other times." Pope Francis called for global action against slavery, reminding world leaders that “Slavery is not something from other times.” His remarks came in a video message the Holy Father sent to participants in the II [...]

SYRIA 300 displaced Christians of Krak des Chevaliers desperately seek help to return home   Father George Maamary, the parish priest of the church of the Assumption, which is close to the Krak des Chevaliers fortress, is asking our help to rebuild their church so that the families can return [...]

SALVADOR Why Bishop Romero and Pope Paul VI are being canonised together    “Bishop Romero was a student of Paul VI. It is significant that they are being canonised together,” says Cardinal Rosa Chávez In order to understand properly the miraculous signs of the canonisation of the Blessed Paul VI [...]