MEXICO - Another priest killed as violence soars Another Catholic priest has been found stabbed to death in Mexico, now officially considered the most dangerous country in the world to be a priest. Father Luis Lopez Villa, parish priest of San Isidro Labrador in the city of Los Reyes La [...]
Night of Witness highlights the importance of religious freedom The plight of Christians persecuted for their faith was the focus of prayer, song and reflection at the Night of Witness held in Malta, organised by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta. People filled the chapel of the Good [...]
CHINA - Bishop forcibly removed from diocese still missing The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, has issued a statement about Chinese Bishop Shao, who has not been returned since being forcibly removed from his diocese by the Chinese state on 18 May. “The Holy See is [...]
ALGERIA - Church demolished to build a mosque and a Koranic school On 9 June the Algerian state ordered the demolition by bulldozers of an ancient Catholic church located in the center of the city of Sidi Mousa, 25 km from Algiers. The Algerian authorities have justified this anti-Christian act [...]
NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped by Fulani describes his ordeal Fr. Sam Okwuidegbe, a Nigerian Jesuit priest and director of a local spirituality center, was looking forward to a quiet retreat weekend last April Before he set off, his new provincial, Fr. Chuks Afiawari, joked “Make sure where you are [...]
SYRIA - Christians are returning to Aleppo Franciscan Father Ibrahim Alsabagh says that 15 families of the Latin rite Catholic community have already returned to the Syrian city of Aleppo and that many others are hoping to return, reports Josue Villalón. During a recent visit to the war-torn and widely devastated [...]
IRAQ - “We want to rebuild our convent and return home “ On the plains of Nineveh, in Iraq, there are 363 church buildings or other Church properties that were damaged or destroyed by Islamic State and now need to be rebuilt. Dominican Sisters Luma Khuder and Nazek Matty, are [...]
CHINA - Church destroyed and Christians detained in Henan province China Aid, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting religious freedom and human rights for Christians in China, reported that local authorities in Henan province destroyed a Christian church last month. 300 police officers and inspectors turned up for the [...]
CAMEROON - Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop’s murder Following autopsy results which revealed that a missing archbishop had been murdered a few weeks ago, the bishops of Cameroon have called on the government to “assume its noble task of protecting human life, and notably that of ecclesiastical [...]
Pope Francis donates $500000 for aid projects in South Sudan Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development presented “The Pope for South Sudan” initiative at a press conference. Other speakers were Dr. Michel Roy, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis; Sr. Laura Gemignani, Nzara General Hospital, [...]
