Middle East - Africa News
Five Christians killed in Pakistan
Vatican Radio reported Thursday that five Christians were gunned down in the Pakistani city of Quetta on August 28, according... Read more
Church missions spread in Nigeria despite extremist Muslim harassment
Despite extremist Muslim opposition, a leading Catholic charity is helping the Church’s mission to indigenous peoples in northwestern Nigeria. Mission... Read more
Three U.S. bishops visiting Africa to observe humanitarian work
A delegation of American bishops is visiting Zimbabwe and South Africa on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops... Read more
Amid violence, Iraqi archbishop ‘more pessimistic than ever’ about Christians’ future
Louis Sako, Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk, has said that Iraqi Christians are facing “bad days” as “ineffective” security cannot prevent... Read more
Ghanaian archbishop asks Catholics to fight legalization of abortion
Philip Naameh, the Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana has asked Christians to help bring “the virtues of Christ” into the administration of... Read more
Woman who claimed to be pregnant with 12 exposed as hoaxer
A Tunisian woman who attracted global attention when she claimed she was pregnant with twelve babies has been exposed as... Read more
Catholic convert who was world's oldest student passes away
The Kenyan man named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest pupil, who enrolled in classes... Read more
Reaction against murder of Christians increases chance of changes to Pakistani law
Unprecedented public indignation over the wave of attacks in Pakistan that have left eight Christians dead has led to the... Read more
New chapel dedicated at site of ‘martyred’ catechists and children
A new chapel has opened at the site of a 1992 massacre of catechists and their families during the Mozambique... Read more
Kenyan president praised for commuting 4,000 death sentences
The head prison chaplain in Kenya has applauded President Mwai Kibaki’s decision to commute the death sentences of some 4,000... Read more
Pakistani bishop decries police inaction in wake of deadly anti-Christian violence
A Catholic bishop in Pakistan has responded to the anti-Christian attacks over the weekend, deeming them some of the worst... Read more
Muslims burn 6 Christians to death after false allegations
Religious extremists struck again in Pakistan on Saturday when a violent mob of Muslims looted and burned a Christian neighborhood,... Read more
Nigerian church leaders rebuke anti-education Muslim militants after military clash
Emphasizing that modern education and modern civilizations do not preclude “ardent” religious devotion, Catholic Church leaders in Nigeria have condemned... Read more
Patriarch of Jerusalem to speak in London on plight of Holy Land Christians’
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Fouad Twal will be visiting the United Kingdom to speak about the plight of Christians... Read more
Israeli officials halt distribution of booklet alleging Vatican support for Hezbollah
Israeli officials have halted the distribution of a booklet published by an American Orthodox Jewish Group and given to Israeli... Read more
Archbishop of Baghdad encourages Iraqi Christians to maintain hope
In the wake of attacks on eight churches in Baghdad and Mosul, Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman of Baghdad encouraged Iraqi... Read more
Beatification advances for ‘genuine martyr’ who resisted African witchcraft
The conclusion of a five-year diocesan inquiry has advanced the beatification cause of a South African man who was murdered... Read more
Pope Benedict prays that bombers will have a 'conversion of heart'
Responding to the string of attacks against eight Christian churches in Iraq on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his spiritual... Read more
Baghdad bomb attacks on Christians kill seven, injure several dozen
More than 40 people were killed or injured in renewed attacks on Christians in Baghdad on Sunday. Read more
Muslim extremists decapitate seven Christians in Somalia
The Somali Muslim extremist group Al Shabaab, which is linked to Al Qaeda, has decapitated seven people accused of being... Read more
