On the outskirts of Tyre, the ancient coastal city in southern Lebanon where Jesus preached, life now has become one of impoverishment, as it has for most of the population of Lebanon. "For two years, our country has been in a terrifying economic crisis. Our families are living in great [...]

How can they possibly forget the attack on the Catholic mission of Nangololo, in the Muidumbe district of Cabo Delgado? Without doubt this was one of the most savage attacks to have occurred in the diocese of Pemba since the jihadist terrorists began their reign of terror in October 2017 [...]

A prominent Nigerian bishop has reportedly been ordered in for questioning by a state security agency, after the prelate criticized Nigeria’s government for complicity in the face of kidnappings and other persecution of the country’s Christians. Bishop Matthew Kukah, who leads the Sokoto diocese in Nigeria’s northwestern corner, released a [...]

Extremist Hindu mobs are routinely attacking Christians on the ground that they are violating "anti-conversion" laws. On Christmas Day the Indian government announced that it had refused to renew the foreign-funding license for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. The move puts at risk the very existence of the charity that [...]

The Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross is a Catholic non-profit facility in Beirut that the economic crisis has brought to the verge of collapse. Since its establishment over sixty years ago it has been taking care of the most abandoned people but is now at risk of closure for lack [...]

Six religious sisters of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent and an Ursuline nun who were arrested by Ethiopian security forces in November last year have been freed on 15 January after over 40 days of detention. The nuns had been abducted on 30 November, in the context of [...]

The number of Catholics in the country is very small (one percent), but the bishops of Kazakhstan addressed various messages to the people so that - with the help of God – the current difficulties will be resolved and peace and harmony return to the country. Archbishop Tomasz Peta spoke [...]

In an interview with the Colombian branch of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, released last October in Mali, spoke about her missionary work, her captivity and her appeal to be a living witness. Here is a summary of her long interview. Sister [...]

The Apostolic Administrator of Pemba, Bishop António Juliasse, has called for urgent assistance for an increasing number of displaced people fleeing violence pointing out that the situation in Cabo Delgado is not getting any better. Bishop Juliasse told Vatican News that insecurity and the humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado are [...]

The “Handmaids of Mary“ are a congregation founded in Madrid in the 19th century. Their special mission is to care for all the sick, whether in the hospitals or in their homes. This they do entirely free of charge and with a special love and care, for in every sick [...]