Ten years after two archbishops went missing, Churches across the Middle East have chosen the date of their abduction as a day to remember all the region’s abducted Christians. The formal announcement was made on 24th April, at an event held by the Middle East Council of Churches to mark [...]
"Today. Today there are persecutions of Christians throughout the world -- many, many. There are more martyrs today than in the first times. Many." Pope Francis is dedicating his weekly Wednesday catechesis to the theme of sharing the Good News of Christ and on April 19, he reflected on those [...]
Friar Paolo Maria Braghini was returning to his mission one afternoon, after having gone to buy supplies in the city, when a cloud began to obscure the beautiful blue sky above the Amazon rainforest. A strong storm quickly followed. With limited visibility, a large passing vessel didn’t even see Friar [...]
Pope Francis continues his series of catecheses on apostolic zeal and speaks of the Church's many martyrs, praying especially for those working in Yemen, dominated by war for so many years. Addressing the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square for his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on [...]
Despite challenges posed by terrorists and other oppressors on the people of God in the West African nation of Nigeria, Nigerians can still reclaim their country, the Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has said. In his Easter 2023 Message that he published on his Facebook page Easter Sunday, April [...]
A Rwandan priest ministering to prisoners convicted of genocide has said that the mystery of Good Friday speaks to the immense suffering endured by the Tutsis people. With the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda falling on Good Friday this year (7th April), Father [...]
Twenty years after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Christians in Iraq continue to fight for their right to be treated as equal citizens and to live their faith free from persecution. The visit of Pope Francis was a sign of hope in this quest. Christians once lived in peace and security [...]
“Today, as the world is increasingly tried by wars and straying from God, we need the Mercy of the Father even more.” Pope Francis made this appeal for peace on today (12 April) as he spoke to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience. In his [...]
“Papua New Guinea is a distant and mostly forgotten country. Only three provinces are connected by road, the rest are isolated”, Father Martín Prado, from Argentina, told Aid to the Church in Need during a recent visit to the foundation’s headquarters in Germany. Father Prado was only just ordained, and [...]
A Christian man in Pakistan, who languished in jail for nearly eight years, has been released after he was acquitted by a court in Lahore. Humayun Allahrakha (formerly known as Humayun Faisal Masih), now 32, was burning newspaper in Sanda, a town in Lahore district, in May 2015 when Muslim [...]
