Middle East - Africa News
Kenya diocese evacuates Catholic priests and personnel from violent areas
Following the brutal killing of a Catholic priest on Saturday, the Diocese of Nakuru began an operation on Monday evening... Read more
Catholic priest killed in Kenya violence
A Catholic priest was killed in Kenya on Saturday, yet another victim of the massive violence following contested December elections,... Read more
Churches urge end to Kenyan violence
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan was scheduled to start a mediation mission in Kenya, even as violence flared... Read more
North American and European bishops offer hope and prayers for just peace in the Holy Land
Bishops from North America and Europe gathered in the Holy Land this past week to demonstrate their solidarity with the... Read more
Pope: Catholics around the world must help Arab Christians
This morning at the Vatican, the Pope met with the Catholic bishops from Arab regions of the world and called upon... Read more
Christians invited to make pilgrimage to birthplace of St. Paul
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Turkey, Archbishop Luigi Padovese, has invited Christians to make a pilgrimage to Tarsus,... Read more
CRS gears up for long-term assistance to Kenyans
More than 600 people have died and almost 200,000 people are now displaced by violence resulting from the contested December... Read more
Catholics in Turkey to celebrate two millennia of St. Paul
Catholics in the majority-Muslim country of Turkey will soon celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of Saint Paul, who was born in... Read more
Sudanese Catholic Bishops Conference elects new leadership
The Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference has elected its head officials for the next three years. Read more
Bishops from Europe and US to visit Holy Land in support of peace
Father Pierre Grech, the general secretary of the Latin Bishops’ Conference in the Arab Region, said this week that a... Read more
Kenyan bishops encourage peace and justice as politicians trade blame
Following a meeting of the entire Kenya Episcopal Conference, John Cardinal Njue, the archbishop of Nairobi, and the 22 other bishops... Read more
Church in Iraq fears new campaign of “religious cleansing”
New fears of an organized campaign to flush Christianity out of Iraq have been sparked by the recent attacks on churches... Read more
Prime Minister invites Pope Benedict XVI to visit Iraq
The Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, met this week with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri el Maliki, who... Read more
President Bush visits birthplace of Christ
This morning after visiting the Church of the Nativity on a one day visit to Palestine, President Bush thanked the... Read more
Kenyan bishop asks for aid in supporting refugees, burying dead
Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir of the West Kenyan diocese of Eldoret has asked the international Catholic charity Aid to... Read more
More bomb attacks on Iraqi churches, severe material damage caused
Continuing a trend of attacks on Christian buildings, two car bombs exploded outside churches on Wednesday in the northern Iraq... Read more
Pakistan’s Catholics join Muslims in remembering Benazir Bhutto
Catholics in Pakistan joined their countrymen in grieving for Benazir Bhutto with a special Mass in Lahore on Sunday. Read more
Pope and Kenyan bishops pray for peace in election conflict
The Kenya Episcopal Conference denounced the many acts of political violence after the reaction to disputed results and allegations of... Read more
Attacks in Iraq were coordinated, claims archbishop
Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the apostolic nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, denounced the yesterday’s attacks against seven churches and convents in... Read more
Latin Patriarch says Holy Land “cannot be exclusive for anyone”
In a pre-Christmas address on Wednesday, a high-ranking Catholic cleric in the Holy Land criticized Israel’s official identity as a... Read more
