EGYPT New Church library  helps young people learn more about their faith   Sheraton-Heliopolis is one of the newer suburbs of Cairo that did not even exist a few decades ago. Close to the international airport, it was named after the original Sheraton hotel which was the only existing building there [...]

IRAQ "Increase Security to protect us from Islamist extremists" urges Archbishop   As Daesh (ISIS) launches a new spate of attacks in Iraq, a senior Church figure is calling on the West to protect displaced Christian families returning home. Syriac-Orthodox Archbishop Timotheus Mousa Al-Shamani told Catholic charity Aid to the [...]

FIJI  “God has heard the cry of my people”   An interview with Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva The Fiji Archipelago in the southern Pacific is a renowned destination for divers and tourists, above all from Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Its capital city, Suva, is also [...]

SYRIA “We have to rebuild the country. Simply wanting to return is not enough”    Under the leadership of Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus and with the support of the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a delegation from the Family Commission of the [...]

VENEZUELA Bishops ask for prayers on the eve of their ad limina visit to Rome   Venezuela is going through what is perhaps the gravest crisis in its history. The Venezuelan bishops are preparing for their meeting with the Holy Father, according to the tradition of the ad limina visits [...]

CAMEROON Bishops call for an end to fighting so school can resume   As children in Cameroon are getting ready to start a new school year,  the bishops of the country’s strife-torn English-speaking regions are calling for an end to hostilities so young people can get an education. All six [...]

IRAQ Defeating IS with plaster and bricks   Aid to the Church in Need helps Christians rebuild their houses after they were destroyed by Islamic State Slowly, house by house, the destruction that IS left behind after capturing Christian cities and villages in August of 2014 is becoming a memory. [...]

NIGERIA The government appears to back Fulani outlaws   The Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), that the killings by armed Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria continue to escalate because Fulani herders believe President Muhammadu Buhari (who is also a Fulani) is their [...]

Venezuela The totalitarian project continues Bishops and experts comment on the nature and implications of the recent currency devaluation Just days after the introduction of the new economic measures by the government of Nicolás Maduro on 17 August this year, there is a sense of complete confusion and helplessness in [...]

CAMEROON Conversion in prison   Sr Orencia, a Pallottine sister, works for the Church in Cameroon. Since 2009, she has been working as a prison chaplain. She visits prisoners twice a week at Bafoussam Central Prison. The prison is comprised of a women's ward, an adult men's ward and a [...]