ACN (Malta) – IL- LEĦEN – Il-Ħadd 11 ta’ Gunju ta’ 2017
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UK – Cardinal Nichols and Iraqi bishop bless crucifix that survived IS – Murcadha O’Flaherty
UK - Cardinal Nichols and Iraqi bishop bless crucifix that survived Islamic State occupation At first sight, it appeared nothing had survived the devastation left by Islamic State in the ancient Christian lands of the Nineveh Plain in Iraq. But half buried in the rubble, outside St George's Church [...]
CUBA – First Catholic church to be built in 60 years – ACN Malta
CUBA - First Catholic church to be built in 60 years A new Catholic church is being built in Sandino, located in the western corner of Cuba - the first in 60 years. About 40,000 people live in the coastal town. The new church will be called the Parish [...]
EGYPT – “This is our country. We will never leave it.”- Maria Lozano
EGYPT - “This is our country. We will never leave it” INTERVIEW with Bishop William Kyrillos of Assiut on the occasion of his visit to the national office of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need in Brazil. Aid to the Church in Need – What is the [...]
PHILIPPINES- Marawi: Abducted Christians used as bargaining chips – Marta Petrosillo
PHILIPPINES - Marawi: Abducted Christians may be used as bargaining chips “I hope the government will act wisely and prudently in order to avoid a bloodbath.” The words are those of PIME missionary Father Sebastiano D’Ambra and he is referring in particular to the abduction of Father Teresito Soganub, [...]
MALAYSIA – Christian politician criticised by Muslims for publishing book about her faith – ACN Malta
MALAYSIA - Christian politician criticised by Muslims for publishing book about her faith The federal constitution of Malaysia states that "every person has the right to profess and practice his religion". Yet in Selangor (one of Malaysia's 13 states) a Christian politician, Hannah Yeoh, is under fire for publishing a [...]
FRANCE – Beatification process for Fr Jacques Hamel begins – ACN Malta
FRANCE - Opening of the Process of Beatification of Fr Jacques Hamel Pope Francis decided to dispense with the usual five-year delay after the death of a baptized person to open the process of Beatification of Father Jacques Hamel. The announcement was made by Mgr Dominque Lebrun on 2October 2016 [...]
MONGOLIA – Catholic church celebrates 25 years of presence in the country – ACN Malta
MONGOLIA - The Church celebrates 25 years of presence After 66 years of communist dictatorship, Mongolia drafted its first constitution in 1992 and religious freedom was recognized for the first time. That same year the country established diplomatic relations with the Holy See, and the Catholic Church established a presence [...]
IRAQ – Archbishop calls for educational and constitutional reform to combat terrorism – ACN Malta
IRAQ - Archbishop calls for educational and constitutional reform to combat terrorism Habib al-Naufali, Chaldean Archbishop of Basra, spoke at the second International Conference on Victims of Ethnic and Religious Violence in the Middle East , which took place in the Royal Palace of El Pardo in Spain. According [...]