Middle East - Africa News
Holy Father praises economic, educational endeavors of the Seychelles Islands
Today at the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the Letters of Credence of Graziano Luigi Triboldi, the new ambassador of the... Read more
South African cardinal calls for total isolation of ‘obstinate Pharaoh’ Mugabe
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, OFM, speaking for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has called for relief for the humanitarian crisis... Read more
Foundation assists dwindling Christian presence in the Holy Land
In an effort to combat the decline of Christians in the Holy Land, a Franciscan Foundation has been working tirelessly... Read more
Cardinal calls for release of abducted Zimbabwean human rights worker
In reaction to her “disturbing” abduction, Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, the president of Caritas Internationalis, has called for the immediate... Read more
Out of food, Zimbabweans eating cow dung
Caritas Internationalis is warning that the crisis in Zimbabwe is so grave that people facing crushing food shortages are mixing... Read more
Western aid agencies importing their ideas of family to Africa, says official
An official with the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has called on industrial nations... Read more
Vocations on the rise in the Holy Land, says Jerusalem Patriarch
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, said this week the seminary in the patriarchate of the Holy Land... Read more
Be ambassadors of peace and love, Pope exhorts Holy Sepulchre guards
Today the Holy Father exhorted members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepluchre to become “sincere ambassadors of peace,”... Read more
Iraqi archbishop encourages Christian refugees to return home for Christmas
Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk said in an interview with the L’Osservatore Romano this week that the situation in Iraq... Read more
Flight of Christians from Iraq is destabilizing the Middle East, archbishop says
Archbishop Louis Sako said this week, “Iraq without Christians is a poorer country. It would be disastrous for peaceful coexistence... Read more
Pope Benedict responds to terrorist attacks in India
Late on Wednesday evening, gunmen overtook eight different locations in Mumbai, India and went on a rampage of killing. Pope... Read more
Pope continues to pray for release of kidnapped sisters in Kenya
This afternoon at the Vatican’s Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi issued a statement about two Italian religious sisters who were... Read more
Sudanese bishops warn peace accord for the south losing force
The Fides news agency reported this week that the Sudanese bishops are concerned “about the fact that the letter and... Read more
Al Qaeda-linked group orders Iraqi Christians to leave country or have throats slit
A Christian bishop in Iraq has received a threatening letter from an Islamic extremist group belonging to Al Qaeda which... Read more
Argentinean priest receives award for work with the poor in Madagascar
The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato Martino, has announced the recipients of the St.... Read more
Bishops of Congo appeal for help from international community to achieve peace
The Bishops’ Conference of Congo issued a dramatic and urgent message calling for an end to the violence in the... Read more
Pope encourages solidarity and the building of a united society in Lebanon
Upon receiving the Letters of Credence from the new Ambassador of Lebanon Georges Chakib El Khoury, Pope Benedict XVI expressed... Read more
U.S. Army restores Baghdad college property to Chaldean Church.
Possession of the Baghdad premises of Babel College, the only Christian theological school in Iraq, was restored to the Chaldean... Read more
Amid Mosul violence, Iraqi archbishop asks Obama to protect Christians
The Latin-rite Archbishop of Baghdad Jean Sleiman has called on President-elect Barack Obama to make the protection of religious minorities... Read more
Two nuns kidnapped in Kenya amid tribal violence
Conflict between the Murulle and Garre Somali clans near the Kenya-Somali border has killed at least twenty people and has... Read more
