Middle East - Africa News
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
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
