South Sudan A presbytery for the newly established parish in Barsherki The congregation of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate is young, having been established only in 1998, in India. However, it has many vocations. It currently has 118 priests, and another 350 young men are now preparing to receive ordination [...]
Saturday, June 27, 2015 New York City, N.Y., Jun 27, 2015 / 04:07 pm (CNA).- Growing unrest in the Middle East is causing great concern for the Christian community around the world, and author George J. Marlin is hoping to enlighten Western Christians on how seriously matters are progressing, as [...]
Sunday, June 28, 2015 The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, Archbishop Samir Nassar, has written a letter describing the deteriorating situation in Syria, entitled: 'From Anxiety to Hope'. He writes: THE ROAD TO CALVARY: It seems that the Syrian crisis is the cruellest human drama since the Second World War. Here [...]
Kien ta’ pjaċir għalina li nhar l-Erbgħa, 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, l-E.T. Mons. Charles Jude Scicluna, Arċisqof ta’ Malta, f'laqgħa ta’ kortesija iltaqa’ mas-Sur Neville Kyrke-Smith, Direttur Nazzjonali tar-Renju Unit u mas-Sur Stephen Axisa, Direttur Nazzjonali ta’ Malta. Is-Sur Neville Kyrke-Smith ta lill-E.T. dettalji dwar iż-żjara li għamel riċenti fl-Iraq [...]
Tabgha, Holy Land 19.06.2015 Following the arson attack on the Roman Catholic Church of the Multiplication in Israel, Christians are greatly concerned about growing intolerance Following an arson attack on the Roman Catholic Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha in Israel suspected to have been carried out by [...]
Syria/Middle East Monday, 22nd June 2015 Königstein/Sutton, 22nd June 2015. Middle East Patriarchs have called on their faithful to forge closer ties with Muslim neighbours in the struggle against Islamist ideologies, saying that extremism threatens people of all faiths. In a joint pastoral message, the five Patriarchs of Antioch (in [...]
Homs, Syria 23 Jun. 2015 For years, Father Ziad has been helping refugees in Syria – Now he is leaving the country – “I wouldn’t have been able to do anything without the support of aid organisations such as Aid to the Church in Need,” he said in parting. By [...]
Thursday, 14 May 2015 Sister Diana Momeka told a congressional hearing that Iraqis who have fled Islamists 'want nothing more than to go home' Dominican Sister Diana Momeka from Iraq has urged US congress to do more to help Christians displaced from her country “go back home”. Sister Diana, a [...]
19th June 2015 Assyrian International News Agency Father Benedict Kiely is pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Stowe, Vt., and director of continuing education for clergy in the Diocese of Burlington. He's also urgently concerned about his brothers and sisters in Iraq and Syria and has started a website --www.nasarean.org -- [...]
Grottammare, June 23, 2015 Auxiliary Bishop Yaldo of Baghdad, Speaks on Challenges of Evangelizing Amid Persecution An extraordinary testimony of Christian faith in a time of persecution was given at the end of the meeting “Pellegrini nel Cyberspazio” (Pilgrims in Cyberspace) (Grottammare-Ascoli Piceno, June 18-20), by Bishop Basel Yaldo, Auxiliary Bishop [...]
