IRAQ - Seminarian who once saved the Eucharist from IS returns as a priest   Martin Baani was just 24 years old when he risked his life as a seminarian to rescue the Blessed Sacrament from the imminent invasion of Islamic State terrorists in his hometown.Now, he is returning to his [...]

SYRIA - “Rowing Against the Current in Damascus” Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar Describes the Suffering of Syrians In November 2016, Pope Francis made the unusual move of elevating Archbishop Mario Zenari, papal nuncio in Syria, to the College of Cardinals. With this appointment, the Pope acknowledged and honoured Cardinal Zenari’s [...]

IRAQ - Eyewitness report from Monsignor Petros Mouche, Archbishop of Mosul   Now that Mosul has been liberated, will the Christians be able to return to their homes soon? According to Mgr. Petros Mouche, Syriac Catholic archbishop of the second largest city in Iraq, it is too early for this, but [...]

We weep for our abandoned children!   Jürgen Liminski interviews Mons. Cyr-Nestor YAPAUPA, Bishop of the Diocese of Alindao in the Central African Republic, for Aid to the Church in Need International (ACN) about the new clashes between factions of the Seleka and the Anti-balaka still present in the region. [...]

HAITI - Without the Church, many villages have no hope   Marco Mencaglia, the head of the Haitian section of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, travelled to the country on a visit. His goal: to take stock of the aid the charity has granted over the [...]

FRANCE - Monument to be unveiled in memory of martyr Fr Hamel   A year after French priest Jacques Hamel was murdered, he is to be remembered at a Mass in the church of Saint Stephen in Sainte-Etienne-du-Rouvray, on the outskirts of the city of Rouen, some 80 kilometres north-west of Paris. The [...]

Minkejja l-persekuzzjoni, l-Insara joktru dejjem   Lil dawk li jaghzluh bhala mexxej u mghallem taghhom, Kristu kien habbrilhom car u tond li ma kienx se jhallilhom hajja ward u zahar imma persekuzzjoni  u salib (Mt 19, 27 ) ghax l-ilsir mhuwiex aqwa minn sidu. Immedjament wara t-Tlugh is-Sema tal-Mulej, beda [...]