Catholic church in Mocímboa da Praia totally destroyed by terrorists A week after the attacks on the town on 27 and 28 June, the first documented information has come through concerning the destruction wrought by Jihadist groups in Mocímboa da Praia, a port town in the province of Cabo Delgado [...]
A Christian family in Pakistan fighting for the return of a 14-year-old girl reportedly abducted from her home have had their hopes raised after the Grand Mufti of a local mosque issued a fatwa. Muhammad Asad Ali Rizvi Efi issued the Islamic ruling on behalf of the Sunni Rizvi Jammah [...]
Aid to the Church in Need warns of lack of security as the main reason for forced emigration Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has published the report, "Life after ISIS: New challenges to Christianity in Iraq” which includes the results of a series of surveys carried out over [...]
A Nigerian cleric and spokesman of the Sharibu family has reacted to rumours making the rounds that Leah Sharibu, the Christian school girl held captive by Boko Haram for refusing to convert to Islam, had given birth to baby boy for a boko haram commander and had subsequently converted to [...]
Sister Grace from the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Mozambique has painfully communicated to Aid to the Church in Need that there is an “atmosphere of humanitarian chaos” in the Pemba region of Mozambique as Islamists unleash a string of attacks. “There are many people fleeing. At [...]
Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna on Holy Mass on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21/06/2020 St Paul’s Parish Church, Rabat “Fear no one” (Mt 10:26). Jesus repeats this phrase three times in the Gospel we have just heard from chapter 10 of the Gospel of Matthew. “Do not [...]
A Catholic Priest from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Fr. Apollinaire Cibaka Cikongo has disclosed that many Priests in the Country have gone missing for years, without any trace or news about them. Speaking in a meeting with Rome Reports Premium, Fr. Cikongo explained that many times politicians are behind [...]
In 2019, Africa set a sad record for the second time in a row. It is the continent with the highest number of murdered priests, religious and church workers. The mounting number of kidnappings and the increasing spread of Islamist terror are also alarming. The increase in violence was particularly [...]
In collaboration with the Holy See, the United Arab Emirates has delivered 50 tons of emergency medical aid to the Peruvian Amazon region that is battling the coronavirus pandemic. The aid reaches the Amazon as Covid-19 infections rise throughout Latin America putting millions of vulnerable people at risk. This delivery [...]
As the US Bishops observe “Religious Freedom Week,” the acting president of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty warns against “discrimination against religion in general and Catholic Christianity in particular." “The right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person,” says Archbishop Thomas Wenski [...]
