Middle East - Africa News
Nighttime armed attackers strike Congolese Salesian community
A Salesian community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was violently attacked by several armed men Wednesday night. Read more
800 children march for peace in streets of Bethlehem
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, led a procession for peace through the streets of Bethlehem with more... Read more
Church in Iran faces challenge of making faith an ‘authentic spiritual experience’
In an interview with Vatican Radio, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Tehran, Bishop Ramzi Garmou, said the Church... Read more
Caritas to help relieve ‘extreme international emergency’ in Zimbabwe
Following a Cholera outbreak and food shortages in Zimbabwe, Caritas Internationalis has launched a $7 million appeal to provide humanitarian... Read more
Archbishop calls for end to Gaza violence as bishops visit Holy Land
About to commence his trip to the Holy Land, Archbishop of Liverpool Patrick Kelly, Vice President of the Catholic Bishops’... Read more
Bishops warn conflict in Gaza could spread to Lebanon
The Vatican daily the L’Osservatore Romano, has reported that the “Lebanese Maronite Catholic Church warned that the war in the... Read more
Christians in Holy Land celebrate Epiphany amidst conflict
Amidst the suffering caused by the conflict in the Gaza Strip but with the hope of a peace accord soon... Read more
Italian archdiocese encourages support for priests in Iraq
The Pastoral Office for Migrants of the Archdiocese of Turin said this week that the five-year long campaign called, “I... Read more
Medical system in Gaza nearing collapse
The latest reports coming out of the Gaza Strip indicate that medical personnel are having difficulty reaching the wounded and... Read more
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
