SEED FOR A POSSIBLE PAPAL VISIT TO IRAQ The Patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, Mar Louis Raphaël ISakohas said that a pastoral visit to Iraq by Pope Francis would be an encouragement for what’s left of the Christian community as well as a call for every Iraqi citizen [...]
YOUTH APOSTOLATE, A PRIORITY The youth apostolate is a major priority of the Archdiocese of Addis Ababa, for the challenges facing young people in Ethiopia are immense. Many of these young people face a future of poverty and unemployment and can only dream of fleeing the countryside for the capital, [...]
"We will not allow this tragedy to divide and isolate us from the rest of the country." Jolo, Sulu - A small city in military lockdown, an all-out war in the adjacent municipality against violent extremists, families in mourning after burying their dead, injured patients recovering in various hospitals, and [...]
At present the Anglophone areas of Cameroon are being constantly shaken by a conflict between Anglophone separatist groups and the Francophone central government. In this context of fratricidal conflict, the Church is attempting to rekindle dialogue between the two parties. Bishop Emmanuel Abbo of Ngaoundéré, in the Francophone area, who [...]
The “Bethlehem Mission” (Missao Belem) is a lay spiritual community of people who devote themselves above all to caring for the homeless, the addicts, the lonely and all those facing a crisis or some other difficult situation. The members of the community, who describe themselves as “missionaries”, share their lives [...]
In the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven emirates situated in the Persian Gulf, the official religion is Islam and according to Aid to the Church in Need’s latest report on “Religious Freedom in the World”, the status of religious freedom in the Arabian Peninsula is stable and unchanged. [...]
Appeal for prayers for peace on Sunday 10 February United in their concern to “avoid still greater suffering and pain for the people” and in their hope for a change in the course of the political and democratic situation that Venezuela is currently going through, the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference have [...]
“I have never experienced animosity”- Bishop Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar for Southern Arabia The Pope starts on Sunday a historic journey to the United Arab Emirates Bishop Paul Hinder is Apostolic Vicar for southern Arabia. As such, the Swiss Capuchin monk will host the pope when he sets out for Abu [...]
From the 22nd to 27th January 2019, Panama became a place of encounter where thousands of young people from all over the world experienced the joy of faith and the love of God in a powerful way. Archbishop of Panama City, Monsignor José Domingo Ulloa confirms this when he says: [...]
Yesterday, 29th January, Pakistani’s Supreme Court rejected a petition submitted by Qari Muhammed Salaam on behalf of firebrand preacher Khadim Hussain Rizvi to reverse the acquittal of Asia Bibi, Pakistani Catholic mother of five who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010 and acquitted in October last year. [...]
