Archive for October 9, 2014

 Fr. Ghazwan Yousif Baho speaks with CNA in Rome on Oct. 4, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Six miles from ISIS: A shockingly brave priest returns to Iraq

Father Ghazwan Yousif Baho had the option to stay in Italy when he recently accompanied an elderly Iraqi couple to... Read more

Paul VI, who will be beatified at the Synod on the Family's closing, issued his encyclical on the regulation of birth in 1968. ?w=200&h=150

Backing 'Humanae vitae' a prime goal for bishops' synod

With Paul VI due to be beatified at the end of the Synod on the Family, his teaching on the... Read more

 Bishop Franjo Komarica of Banja Luka. ?w=200&h=150

Vote or let Bosnia stay mired in instability, bishop warns

In the run-up to national elections, the bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina are encouraging the nation's citizens to vote for... Read more

Fr. Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M., who was released Oct. 9 a few days after having been abucted in Qunaya, Syria. Photo courtesy of Custodia Terrae Sanctae.?w=200&h=150

Kidnapped Franciscan priest in Syria released by militants

The Custody of the Holy Land announced Thursday that the Franciscan priest who was abducted in Syria by rebels over... Read more

A burned mattress upon which an Ebola patient had laid during his illness in a West African village during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. ?w=200&h=150

For Liberia's faithful, only Christ offers hope amid Ebola panic

With hundreds dead from the devastating Ebola virus and no signs of relief on the horizon, one archbishop in Liberia... Read more

Sister Maria of Nazareth, who moved to Aleppo, Syria, two months ago to minister to local Christians. ?w=200&h=150

By Oliver Maksan

'Our Church is in danger': Catholics in Aleppo, Homs

Sister Maria of Nazareth has committed herself to an extraordinary mission. The Argentine nun from the Institute of the Incarnate... Read more

Opening Session of the Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, Oct. 6, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

'Justice and mercy cannot be separated': Three synod proposals emerge

As three proposals emerged from the synod of bishops to reform the process of marriage annulment, a participant in the... Read more

Bishop Otto Separy of Aitape hands over a copy of the new pastoral plan to a family in Goroka. Photo courtesy of Fr. Giorgio Licini.?w=200&h=150

Papuan bishops launch gameplan to transform society

At a recent Mass, the bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands revealed a roadmap for pastoral planning to... Read more