Middle East - Africa News
Malawi mourns Italian builder who devoted retirement to missionary work
Malawians have mourned a retired Italian builder who died of malaria after spending his retirement helping to build missions in... Read more
Bi-lateral meeting between Israel and Holy See set for Thursday
On July 9 officials from the Holy See and the Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs will be meeting in Jerusalem... Read more
Family and enculturation in Africa discussed at CDF-sponsored meeting
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) wrapped up a meeting in Bunju, Tanzania, on July 3 with... Read more
Turkish authorities may give further permission for services in Church of St. Paul
Turkish authorities may indefinitely extend permission for Christians to pray in the ancient Church of St. Paul in Tarsus, the... Read more
Patriarch of Jerusalem calls for dialogue to overcome conflicts in Holy Land
The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, encouraged Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land this week to embrace... Read more
Massive solidarity for Italian missionary accused of abuse in Kenya
Various Catholic organizations have expressed their solidarity with Father Kizito Sesana, a Combonian missionary from Italy who has been unjustly... Read more
Nigerians reject abortion bill pushed by American group
By a vote of 13-1, the legislature in the small state of Imo, Nigeria rejected the Reproductive Rights Bill last... Read more
Pakistani Christians make pilgrimage to European shrines to pray for peace
Father Mario Rodriguez, director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Pakistan, reported this week a group of Pakistani Christians will... Read more
Christian leaders applaud Obama's Cairo speech, wait for his actions
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an address to the Muslim world on Thursday at Cairo University, calling for religious tolerance,... Read more
Eucharistic Adoration increases prayer, vocations in Uganda
Eucharistic Adoration in Uganda is attracting more lay people to prayer and encouraging vocations, an international Catholic charity reports. Read more
Murdered Iraqi bishop to receive posthumous Path to Peace award
The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul Paulos Faraj Rahho will posthumously receive the 2009 Path to Peace Award, the Path to... Read more
Armed robbers attack nun and elderly women in raid on Tanzanian convent
Earlier this month a gang of armed robbers broke into a Tanzanian convent, attacking a nun, workers, and four elderly... Read more
Pope improved relations with Islam in Jordan, says Nuncio
The Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq, Archbishop Francis Chullikat, said last week the Muslim community and the royal family... Read more
Catholic Church in Congo announces $144 million plan to help AIDS sufferers
The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a plan to collect $144 million to be used... Read more
Priest in Ghana plans to counter sects with Catechism Compendium
A leading priest in Ghana has proposed new initiatives to counter the exodus of young people to sects. His proposals... Read more
Vatican-Israeli fiscal agreement could be ready by year's end
The Custodian of the Holy Land, Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said this week that “conditions exists for finishing the fiscal... Read more
Papal visit to Holy Land renews hope amid conflicts and poverty
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Holy Land has renewed its peoples’ strength and hope despite its conflicts and its... Read more
Nuncio to Israel says Pope’s heart close to the Holy Land
The Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, said this week that in the wake of Benedict XVI’s visit to... Read more
Church leaders in Holy Land: Pope has left a seed of hope
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal and the Custodian of the Holy Land, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, both said... Read more
Benedict XVI reflects on Holy Land visit
Reflecting on his trip to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI praised the openness of the people to inter-religious dialogue,... Read more
