Middle East - Africa News
Iraqi government building walls around churches after anti-Christian violence
Concrete walls up to 10 feet high are being built around churches in Baghdad and Mosul to protect Christmas churchgoers... Read more
Kidnapped refugees in Egypt treated like ‘slaves,’ priest says
About 250 Eritrean refugees and others are being treated like “slaves” by their trafficking kidnappers, a priest in Egypt says. Read more
Christian leaders show solidarity with those impacted by Mount Carmel blaze
A delegation of Christian leaders visited Mount Carmel in Israel to express solidarity after a recent fire killed 42 people... Read more
Archbishop denounces chaos, fear in wake of Christian couple’s murder
Chaldean-Catholic Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, Iraq has expressed regret over the climate of chaos, fear and confusion following the... Read more
Jerusalem patriarch hopes prayer and fasting will ease drought
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has asked Christians in the Holy Land to join in prayer and fasting... Read more
Pakistan officials release Christian man accused of blasphemy
A Christian man in Pakistan who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for blasphemy charges was released on Nov.... Read more
Cardinal's visit to Pakistan gives new hope for release of Asia Bibi
The president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue met with Pakistani President Ali Zardari on Nov. 25 to discuss... Read more
‘Martyrs’ of Iraq should be recognized as saints, Arab Christian group’s petition exhorts
Those killed for their faith in Iraq should be recognized as saints, a group of Arab Christians says. Read more
Iraqi archbishop calls death sentence for Tariq Aziz 'an act of vengeance'
Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, Iraq has denounced the death sentence imposed upon former Vice Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. He... Read more
Catholic officials describe climate of terror in Iraq, call for justice
The situation for Christians in Iraq is becoming bleaker. The violence directed against them is no longer limited to the... Read more
Injured from Baghdad cathedral attack brought to Rome for treatment
A total of 26 of those injured in terrorist attacks on Baghad's Our Lady of Deliverance Church on Oct. 31... Read more
Kenyan bishop sees spiritual struggle in the fight against AIDS
AIDS in Africa is more than a public health pandemic, according to Kenyan Bishop Anthony Muheria. The disease is a... Read more
New wave of attacks targets homes of Iraqi Christians
Coordinated anti-Christian attacks in Baghdad killed at least three and injured several dozen on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Mourning... Read more
Iraqi priest warns of more attacks against Christians
Sunday’s massacre of 58 Catholics at a Baghdad cathedral fits a disturbing pattern of violence against Christians, according to an... Read more
Over 50 Catholics die during terrorist attack on Baghdad cathedral--UPDATED
Iraqi Catholics were beside themselves with grief on Monday after Islamic militants stormed the Syriac Catholic cathedral in Baghdad and held members... Read more
Holy Land Church official finds no ‘anti-Zionist’ bias at synod
Many Christians in the Middle East harbor “anti-Zionist” resentments, but those resentments are rooted political injustices and not theology, according... Read more
Malawi students’ Bible desecration could signal new Muslim militancy, priest worries
Reacting to Muslim primary school students’ desecration of Bibles in Malawi earlier this month, a local priest said that their... Read more
Sudanese cardinal unharmed after failed assassination at Mass
A would-be assassin failed to harm Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako during an Oct. 10 Mass celebrating the feast of St.... Read more
In Israel, Church responds to growing numbers of Hebrew-speaking Catholics
Catholics in Israel face a situation in “complete flux,” Vatican expert Sandro Magister says. Descendants of indigenous Christians have been... Read more
Israeli Christians’ numbers not decreasing, says Israel’s Embassy to the Holy See
Israel’s Embassy to the Holy See has released statistics showing that the number of Christians in the State of Israel... Read more
