Middle East - Africa News
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
Pope's tree flourishes while others wither
In the Jubilee Year of 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land stopping at one... Read more
Despite pending talks, signs of peace in Zimbabwe doubted
Although President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara signed an agreement to end the “polarization, divisions,... Read more
Self-control, not condoms, is best HIV preventer, South African cardinal says
Cardinal Wilifrid Fox Napier, the Archbishop of Durban, South Africa, told an Australian news program that a change in Catholic... Read more
International Criminal Court’s indictment of president has divided Sudan, bishop says
A Sudanese Catholic bishop has said that the International Criminal Court’s decision to indict Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for genocide... Read more
Australia denies visas to Iraqi WYD pilgrims
The Australian government has denied visas to dozens of World Youth Day pilgrims from Iraq, citing concerns that participants will... Read more
King of Bahrain meets with Pope Benedict
While at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo this morning, Pope Benedict received the King of the Middle Eastern country... Read more
Scholars divided on interpretation of ‘Gabriel’s Revelation’ tablet
A tablet with messianic overtones reputedly from before the time of Christ has become a topic of debate in biblical... Read more
Despite Islamic extremism, Catholic outreach continues in Pakistan
Catholic evangelization, outreach initiatives and charitable work in Pakistan are continuing in the face of opposition from Muslim hard-liners and... Read more
Anglican traditionalists sidestep Archbishop of Canterbury
The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a group of traditionalist Anglicans, released its final statement in Jerusalem on Sunday relegating... Read more
Pope Benedict considering trip to Africa in 2009
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, pointed out that Pope Benedict... Read more
Mugabe opponents denounce 'sham' election
Zimbabwe’s political opposition urged the international community to reject the results of Friday’s run-off presidential election in which President Robert... Read more
