ACN’s new Religious Freedom Report warns of global impact of religious “hyper-extremism” Religious Fundamentalism – more lethal than ever seen before – is unleashing death, destruction, displacement and instability at unprecedented levels, according to a report out today.The Religious Freedom in the World 2016 report, produced by Catholic charity Aid [...]
PHILIPPINES - Training course for lay pastoral workers who support families in crisis The archdiocese of Zamboanga is the capital city of the peninsula region of the same name, which in turn is a part of the island of Mindanao. It serves a population of some 620,000 Catholics. Already in the past [...]
Invitation to Malta launch of ACN's Religious Freedom in the World 2016 Report Date Friday 25 Nov 2016Time 3.00pmVenue St Anthony Chapel (Russian Chapel) at San Anton Palace, AttardA new Aid to the Church in Need publication entitled Religious Freedom in [...]
Exciting discovery as Tomb of Christ is renovated after 500 years The tomb of Jesus Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is being restored. It had been damaged by many years of exposure to humidity from the breath of visitors, and heat from candles burning nearby.The shelf [...]
BRAZIL - To the Indigenas with love Missionaries abducted and murdered... their church burned down. No, we are not talking about the Middle East, but about Brazil and about a situation that is little known in the wider world – the situation in the Indigenous Territory of Raposa Serra do Sol [...]
Another Chibok schoolgirl rescued with a 10-month-old baby Another Chibok schoolgirl has been rescued by Nigerian troops. The girl, carrying her 10-month-old son Ali, was found in Pulka in northern Borno state by soldiers screening escapees from Boko Haram’s base in the Sambisa forest."This morning as part of the operation we've [...]
PAKISTAN - Christians fight persecution with inter-faith dialogue Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore told a meeting, hosted by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need that Christians in Pakistan are fighting persecution and terrorism with interfaith dialogue. Groups are being set up across Pakistan to help Christians, Muslims, Hindus and [...]
MIDDLE EAST - Pope’s envoy says peace stifled by lack of ‘political will’ Archbishop Alberto Ortega, the Pope's Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq and Jordan, stated that in order for current conflicts destroying much of the Middle East to come to an end, “there is first of all the political will .... [...]
IRAQ - Could Turkey hinder the return of displaced Christians? When ISIS invaded Mosul in summer 2014, up to 200,000 Iraqi Christians fled the city and nearby towns in the Plains of Nineveh. Now that Mosul is about to be recaptured from IS, Christians who lost everything in 2014 fear they may not be [...]
Pope’s Sweden visit strengthens ties with Lutherans Before his visit to Sweden, Pope Francis had urged Lutherans to set aside doctrinal differences and work with Catholics to care for the poor, the sick and refugees as he laid out his vision for greater communion. Francis was addressing 1,000 Lutherans from Germany [...]