Make Fr. Frans a saint! Friend and colleague of Jesuit killed in Homs extols his saintly virtues – Fr. Frans van der Lugt

Syria   Monday, 6th July 2015Königstein/Sutton, 6th July 2015. A priest who was killed in Syria while caring for his people trapped in a war zone should be considered for canonisation, according to a fellow Jesuit who was his friend and colleague.Father Frans van der Lugt was assassinated by an [...]

2015-07-10T07:55:37+02:00

ARMENIA: A HUNDRED YEARS AFTERWARDS WE ARE STILL SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE GENOCIDE – Archbishop Minassian

Armenia  07.07.2015 Königstein/Rom, 07.07.2015. “We were certain that the Pope would remember the genocide, and his courage has changed the attitude of the entire world.” The words are those of Archbishop Minassian, the Ordinary of Eastern Europe for the Armenian Catholics, who was speaking to ACN about the reactions of his [...]

2015-07-10T07:55:06+02:00

“I want to be a witness of the tenderness and caress of God” Pope Francis to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay from 5 to 13 July

Pope's journey to ECUADOR, BOLIVIaaND PARAGUAY                      2July 2015Königstein (2July 2015) —From 5to 13 Julythe Holy Father will make an eight-day visit to Ecuador, Boliviaand Paraguay. Following the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 this will be the Argentinian Pope's second trip to Latin America. He has chosen [...]

2015-07-10T07:54:41+02:00

South Sudan –and the indescribable suffering of its people after 4 years independence.

South  Sudan 08.07.2015Königstein/Juba.- 08.07.2015 - Representatives of the international pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) travelled to South Sudan recently, where they were told first-hand about the terrible situation of the refugees and internally displaced peoples uprooted by the current conflict in the states of [...]

2015-07-10T07:53:44+02:00

“The majority of Tunisians are not extremist” – Father Sergio Perez

Tunis, Tunisia     09. Jul. 2015The Christians in the country are shocked following the jihadist attack on Western tourists Königstein, 09. July 2015. Following the jihadist terror attack on tourists in Tunisia at the end of last week, the priest of the Catholic cathedral of Tunis emphasised that the [...]

2015-07-10T07:53:16+02:00

“The problem is bigger than Boko Haram”- Dennis Peters

Report on Christians in Nigeria   01.07.2015 By Dennis Peters Kaduna and Zaria, two towns in the center of Nigeria which lay on the border between the Christian south and Muslim north, have suffered Boko Haram’s bloody attacks. They are also places where, after the 2011 elections, at least 900 [...]

2015-07-03T10:34:39+02:00

Will Christians need the permission of Orthodox Jews to worship in Jerusalem?

26th June 2015 Municipality gives in to uproar following Christian conference, dubbed by Jews 'a show of forced conversion' The Jerusalem Municipality has decided to consult the city's Orthodox chief rabbis before approving any public Christian event that might possible include missionary activity, Israeli news site Ynet reported on Thursday. Last month, [...]

2015-07-03T10:33:59+02:00

Vatican Nuncio in Palestine says dialogue is the great challenge for the Church in the Holy Land – Marta Petrosillo

Holy Land     24.06.2015 Rome/Königstein – 24.06.2014 To "transform a shared home into a family, through dialogue" – this is the "challenge" for the Church in the Holy Land, according to Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, the papal nuncio in Israel and apostolic delegate for Palestine. Speaking to the international Catholic [...]

2015-07-03T10:33:42+02:00

L-ACN (Malta) tieħu sehem fil-Fiera Nazzjonali fl-MFCC Ta’ Qali / Wiri tal-film ‘Of Gods and Men’

L-ACN (Malta) tieħu sehem fil-Fiera Nazzjonali fl-MFCC Ta’ Qali L-iskop tal-parteċipazzjoni hija li nqajjmu kuxjenza favur il-Kristjani ppersegwitati u biex  nippromwovu l-Evanġelizazzjoni tal-Knisja. Nistiednu lil kulħadd biex jiġi jiltaqa’ magħna. Ħin tad-dħul: Bejn is-6.30p.m. sal-11.00p.m.   Wiri tal-film ‘Of Gods and Men’  Dan ser jintwera llejla, 3 ta’ Lulju 2015, [...]

2015-07-03T10:33:24+02:00