Archive for March 15, 2015

Pompeii with Mt Vesuvius in the background. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Here's what the Church in Pompei is doing about the mafia

Archbishop Tommaso Caputo of Pompei said that his diocese has welcomed the Pope’s recent condemnation of organized crime and has... Read more

Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo, who was kidnapped near the Turkish border April 22, 2013. Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.?w=200&h=150

Read the words of an Orthodox bishop kidnapped in Syria nearly two years ago

On April 22, 2013, both the Greek and Syriac Orthodox archbishops of Aleppo, Boulos Yazigi and Yohanna Ibrahim, were kidnapped... Read more

Pope Francis prays with journalists on the papal flight en route to South Korea on Aug. 14, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope grieves Pakistan bombings, says world hides Christian persecution

In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis lamented today’s terrorist attacks against two Christian churches – one of them Catholic... Read more