Renewed hope of finding remaining Chibok girls after two are found alive Two of the 276 girls abducted on 14 April 2014 from their school in Chibok north of Nigeria by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram have been found. Amina Nkiki was discovered with her four-month-old baby by soldiers working [...]
IRAQ - ISIS attacks have helped forge bonds of unity with Catholics, says Orthodox bishop The Syriac Orthodox bishop of the Iraqi city of Mosul said that ISIS attacks have helped forge bonds of unity with Catholics.The Syriac Orthodox Church is among the Oriental Orthodox churches that ceased to be in full communion [...]
EUROPECatholics come under attack – churches burnt, priest assaulted, websites hacked Christianity is currently going through a difficult period in Europe. This was acknowledged in the latest report on Religious Freedom in the World produced by Aid to the Church in Need, which expressed concern about the status of religious freedom [...]
Pope Francis calls on Catholics worldwide to perform Works of Mercy with the help of ACN On Friday 17 June at 1 p.m., at a press conference in the Sala Marconi in the offices of Vatican Radio, the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need [...]
NORWAY - Christian parents finally get their seized children back following international pressure The Norwegian Child Protection services have agreed to return the remaining four Christian children to the custody of their family and they will soon be reunited with their parents. The decision to return the children to their parents is part of an agreement [...]
INDIA - Dozens of Christians flee their homes after receiving death threats Nearly four dozen Christians belonging to six families in a tribal community in Katodi, Kanker district, were forced to flee their homes after receiving threats from Hindu radicals that they would be killed if they did not convert to Hinduism. [...]
ARMENIA - “We Armenians, no matter whether Catholic or Orthodox, love the Pope” The Armenian Catholic church is expecting Pope Francis in Armenia at the end of June – Aid to the Church in Need is helping it prepareExpectations in Armenia are high preceding the visit of Pope Francis to the [...]
SYRIA - Patriarch Younan: the West is complicit in genocide The Patriarch of Antioch and the Syrian Catholic Church, Ignace Youssif III Younan, had some harsh words to say about Western countries whom he accuses of inciting violence in the Middle East:"The West is stoking the catastrophic tragedies unfolding before our eyes. [...]
IRAQ - Sako –Message to Muslims during Ramadan Below is the letter of Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, to Muslims on the month of Ramadan. The text has been provided by the Patriarchate:Sisters and Brothers,We as a Church wish you a “Ramadan – Fasting” and bind our wishes [...]