Middle East - Africa News
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
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
