Middle East - Africa News
Iraqi bishops describe anti-Christian violence as an intentional political move
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Iraq issued a statement last week denouncing the anti-Christian violence the country is suffering... Read more
Bishop explains challenges facing Christians and tragedy of war in Sudan
Bishop Antonio Menegazzo of El Obeid, Sudan spoke out this week about the damage being done to the country by... Read more
Vatican official cautions against S. African ‘Oil of Gladness’ services
Archbishop Albert Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has written to the... Read more
Iraq has become place of death for Christians, priest warns
Father Philip Najim of the Patriarchate of Babylonia of the Chaldeans, warned this week that violent anti-Christian violence carried out... Read more
Christians face campaign of violence in Mosul
Following planned murders, violence, and threats targeting Christians in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the country’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki... Read more
Iraqi Christians suffer ‘paralyzing fear,’ Archbishop of Baghdad reports
Jean Sleiman, the Latin-rite Archbishop of Baghdad, recently spoke to an Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) event in... Read more
Caritas launches emergency appeal to help 90,000 displaced by Congolese fighting
The Catholic charity Caritas has launched an emergency appeal to help 90,000 people who have fled their homes in the... Read more
Nigerian author-priest killed by armed robbers
Father John Mark Ikpiki, a prominent Catholic priest, was killed by armed robbers in Nigeria on Monday in what was... Read more
Christians in Pakistan live in fear and constant threat
The secretary of the Catholic Biblical Commission of Pakistan and pastor in Lahore, Father Emmanuel Asi, explained this week that... Read more
Iraqi archbishop sends message to Muslim leaders for Ramadan
The Archbishop of Kirkuk, Iraq, Louis Sako, addressed the city’s Islamic leaders yesterday on the occasion of the beginning Ramadan. ... Read more
Young African woman crawls 2.5 miles to attend Sunday Mass
The Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly in Chissano (Mozambique) took into their home this week a 25 year-old African... Read more
Egyptian doctors’ union prohibits transplants between Muslims and Christians
The Doctors’ Union of Egypt, led by the “Muslim Brothers,” a extreme faction of Islam, has decided to prohibit the... Read more
Baby girl ‘without a pulse’ comes ‘back to life’
Doctors in Israel are trying to save the life of a baby girl who was mistakenly pronounced dead in the... Read more
Single mothers conceiving by sperm donation ‘unbelievably cruel’ to children, rabbis argue
Several rabbis at a Jerusalem religious conference on Wednesday criticized the practice of single mothers conceiving children by sperm donation.... Read more
Son of Hamas leader describes conversion to Christianity
Masab-Joseph Yousef, a son of prominent West Bank MP Sheikh Hassan Yousef, has discussed his conversion to Christianity in an... Read more
Holy Land conflict needs courageous leaders and gestures, says new patriarch
Just five weeks after being installed as the new Patriarch of the Latin Church in Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal... Read more
Nigerian bishop calls for government to return former missionary schools
Francis Alonge, the Bishop of Ondo in Nigeria, has called for the return of former missionary schools taken over by... Read more
Iraqi Christians begin church restoration campaign
Christians in the southern Iraq have begun a campaign to restore churches which have been rendered unusable due to war... Read more
More than six thousand young people celebrated WYD in northern Iraq
Although only a dozen Iraqi young people were able to attend World Youth Day in Sydney, more than six thousand... Read more
Seek new ways to proclaim the Gospel and protect Africa’s culture, Pope says
A meeting of Catholic bishops from around Africa is being held in Tanzania this week to discuss the need to... Read more
