Middle East - Africa News
Church, convent bombed in Iraq
On Thursday Nov. 26, St. Ephrem's Chaldean Church and the nearby presbytery in the Northern City of Mosul were destroyed... Read more
Anti-Christian attacks in Iraq part of brutal strategy, says archbishop
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul said last week that last Thursdya’s anti-Christian attacks in Iraq which destroyed a church... Read more
African dioceses assist Angolan refugees, appeal for help
In what is being called a “blatant act of revenge,” over 40,000 Angolan citizens have been expelled from the Democratic... Read more
Violent Muslim mobs attack Coptic Christians in Egypt
For several days massive mobs of Muslims have been attacking Coptic Christians in the Egyptian town of Farshoot 300 miles... Read more
Benedict XVI and Prime Minister of Kuwait discuss the promotion of peace
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait. The two heads... Read more
Pope approves new archbishop for beleaguered Archdiocese of Mosul
Catholics in the war-torn Archdiocese of Mosul, Iraq received good news on Friday when Pope Benedict approved Fr. Emil Shimoun... Read more
Catholic hospital in Bethlehem provides care for impoverished mothers
Less than half a mile from where Mary and Joseph found shelter to deliver the baby Jesus 2,000 years ago,... Read more
Synod Fathers draft final message on Church in Africa
As the Synod for Africa winds down, the hundreds of bishops in attendance voted on the final message to be... Read more
Sudanese bishop warns war could return as secession vote nears
A Sudanese bishop has warned that the country could return to war, with tensions apparently increasing. “Something is in the... Read more
Condoms promote promiscuity and lead to more HIV infections, says African bishop
During his remarks at the Synod of Bishops for Africa taking place at the Vatican, Bishop Joseph Shpandeni Shikongo of... Read more
Spanish corporal killed in Afghanistan asked for Baptism before death
Corporal Cristo Ancor Cabello Santana, the latest Spanish soldier to die in Afghanistan, fulfilled his wish to be baptized before... Read more
Congolese hostage situation forces bishop to leave synod in Rome
A Congolese bishop participating in the Synod for Africa in Rome has had to return home after several of his... Read more
God, not Obama will bring peace to the Middle East, says Jordanian bishop
The Vicar of Jordan, Most Rev. Selim Sayegh, spoke to CNA in Amman last week about the tensions in the... Read more
Africa at risk of wave of colonization by liberalism, archbishop warns
Archbishop Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg, South Africa said this morning at the Synod for Africa that the continent faces a... Read more
Kidnapped Christian nurse killed in Iraq
On Saturday, October 3, a 55 year-old Christian nurse named Imad Elia Abdul Karim was kidnapped, and despite pleas by... Read more
African cardinal says anti-retroviral drugs better than condoms at fighting AIDS
The Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana has said that resources intended to fight HIV/AIDS should be directed towards anti-retroviral drugs... Read more
Five continents reflect on Synod for Africa theme in second session
The Synod for Africa commenced with its second full session on Monday afternoon, listening to how the synod's theme (The... Read more
Iraqi archbishop hopes Middle East synod will be ‘new Pentecost’
In advance of next year’s special synod for the Middle East, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Kirkuk Louis Sako has... Read more
Sudanese bishop asks for international aid in wake of guerilla attacks
Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, who ministers in a remote southern corner of Sudan, is calling for international aid to protect his... Read more
Synod for Church in the Middle East to be held Oct. 2010
The Holy Father met with the leaders of the Catholic Church in the Middle East on Saturday morning in Castel... Read more
