By Father John McCloskey Contributor As anyone who is paying attention today knows, Christians in the Middle East are undergoing widespread persecution — and even martyrdom. Our Western media don’t much report on it, and our political leaders don’t much notice, however, because it might require them actually to do [...]
Aleteia June 10, 2015 JOHN BURGER You take your wife to what you thought was a family restaurant, far removed from the watchful eye of the puritanical rulers of your city. To get there, she has to be covered in black from head to toe, with only a narrow slat [...]
Sunday, June 14, 2015 Michael J Robinson and John Pontifex More than 1,200 young people from across Scotland stood in solidarity with millions of suffering Christians around the world, at Carfin Lourdes Grotto, near Motherwell last Thursday. Organised by the Scottish office of Aid to the Church in Need, the [...]
Cardinal Pietro Parolin VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A new Catholic church has opened in the United Arab Emirates. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, travelled to the capital, Abu Dhabi, to celebrate the inaugural Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church June 12. The church was built on land [...]
Damascus, Syria 10 Jun 2015 Following his visit to Syria, the head of the Middle East section of Aid to the Church in Need talked about the fear, but also the hope of Christians Königstein/Damascus, 10 Jun 2015. Fear, but also hope can be used to describe the tone [...]
IRAQ Königstein/Sutton, 11th June 2015. Governments should step up efforts in Iraq to “free” Mosul and neighbouring Nineveh from so-called Islamic State so Christians and others can fulfil their dream of returning home – according to a leading archbishop from the region. Marking the first anniversary of the fall [...]
Monday, 08 June 2015 Written by JONATHAN LUXMOORE Catholic News Service OXFORD, England (CNS) -- French Catholics have urged church support for a campaign to stop Western companies from buying oil from Islamic State, in effect funding the mass killing of Christians. "Our brothers and sisters are being massacred, women [...]
Wednesday, 03 June 2015 ABUJA, Nigeria Catholic News Agency Caritas Foundation of Nigeria and dioceses are helping support the pregnant women Many escapees of the terrorist group Boko Haram include women and girls who are pregnant as a result of rape, and Nigeria's Catholics have been swift to show [...]
