Middle East - Africa News
Pope to return relics to Orthodox Church after 800 years
Pope John Paul II will return the relics of two of the Great Doctors of the Church, Saint John Chrysostom... Read more
Iraqi Christians thankful for Pope’s concern
The Vatican News Agency Fides reported last week Christians in Iraq have expressed their gratitude to Pope John Paul II... Read more
Result of presidential election serious concern for world, says Knights of Columbus CEO
Knights of Columbus CEO Carl A. Anderson, consultor to the Pontifical Council on Justice and Peace who were meeting in... Read more
In face of terrorist violence, Iraq’s Christians defiantly vow to stay and rebuild country
Iraqi Christian leaders have issued a joint statement in response to the bombings of five churches on Saturday, October 16,... Read more
Christians fleeing Iraq due to growth in Muslim extremism
The EFE News Agency reported this week that persecution against Christians has resurfaced in post-war Iraq and that more believers... Read more
Salesians condemn killing of street boys in the Congo
The news agency of the Salesians published a strong condemnation by the Salesian Province in Central Africa of the brutal... Read more
Patriarch of Baghdad “played all his cards” for release of Italian volunteers
The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Emmanuel Delly, said this week the Church in Iraq played “all her cards” in working... Read more
Rwandan bishops reject accusations of Church involvement in 1994 genocide
The bishops of Rwanda have issued an official statement demanding the media cease from implying the Catholic Church bears some... Read more
Human situation in Darfur is "unbelievably desperate" says Salesian missionary in Sudan
Salesian Father Jim Comino gave testimony of the dire situation in the Darfur region of Sudan during a recent visit... Read more
Syrian Catholic Church supports Iraqi Christian refugees
Families fleeing Iraq after the Aug. 1 attacks on Christian churches have found safe haven in Syria, thanks to the... Read more
Bishop asks Catholics to visit Egypt to encourage “persecuted brethren”
The Coptic Catholic Bishop of Sohag in southern Egypt, Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir, is asking Catholics around the world to visit... Read more
Bishops of Sudan issue plea for international help to stop genocide
The Bishops of Sudan have asked the United Nations and the international community to pressure the government of Khartoum to... Read more
Military chaplains keep ‘U.S. military machine running,’ says press report
Alongside U.S. troops, on a battlefield of intense bombing and gunfire, stands one unarmed man – a military chaplain –... Read more
Pakistani bishops to present letter on family life in Asian bishops’ conference
The “Pastoral Letter on Family Life” published by the Pakistani bishops conference will be presented by Mgr. Lawrence John Saldanha,... Read more
Iraq’s Christians fleeing to Syria to escape violence
Iraqi Christians are fleeing to neighbouring Syria in search of refuge from violence and persecution meted out by Islamic militants,... Read more
Bishop blames massive attack against Iraqi Christians to ‘foreign fanatics’
Fourteen Iraqi Christians were believed dead last night at least 60 wounded in Baghdad and Mosul and after car bombs... Read more
Iraqi priest says dialogue between Turks and Iraqi Kurds are “a step towards peace”
Fr. Nizar Semaan, an Iraqi priest in Mosul, told the Vatican news agency Fides this week that meetings between Turkish... Read more
Cardinal Arinze urges dialogue, harmony among Christians and Muslims in Nigeria
Dialogue, respect, mutual acceptance and the promotion of development and justice are the best ways to create positive relations between... Read more
Cardinal Tauran to Muslims: “conflict must not prevent dialogue”
During his speech at the Conference on Muslim-Christian Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, former Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, said... Read more
Catholic student tortured to death in Pakistan for refusing to deny faith in Christ
Javed Anjum, a 19-year-old Catholic student from Quetta in Pakistan died from torture wounds inflicted by Muslim extremists in Faisalabad... Read more
