Middle East - Africa News
Vatican commission to oversee Catholic university in Jordan
The Vatican Secretariat of State has established an ad hoc commission to oversee the American University of Madaba, a Catholic... Read more
Can Christians survive the 'dirty games' of Middle East politics?
Christians have lived in the Middle East since the time of the apostles, but political machinations by world powers and... Read more
Missionary: Boko Haram behind attacks on churches, religious in Niger
Boko Haram is determined to take its jihadist campaign beyond Nigeria. Its next targets include Niger, where, as reported in... Read more
Ghana priests shift focus to marriage prep, youth formation
A national gathering of hundreds of priests in Ghana have resolved to become more involved with their parishioners through marriage... Read more
Iraqi priests work to save historic Christian writings from Islamic State
Effectively exiled from his friary in Mosul by the Islamic State last year, Fr. Najeeb Michaeel, O.P. is working to... Read more
Jesuit laments car bomb attack in Syria, scorns media silence
“Most of them were students at the university, young people who had not left the city. So what sort of... Read more
Malawian bishops commit to spreading the Gospel with new media
A national symposium of Catholic communicators set out to explore pathways in new media to build unity in Malawi and... Read more
Should the West take on Nigeria's terrorists? Bishops say yes
Against the background of continuing attacks by radical Islamist group Boko Haram, bishops in Nigeria are appealing for military aid... Read more
Leading Iraqi Christian calls on Muslims to confront 'culture of hatred'
The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon has encouraged Iraqi Muslims to confront violent extremists, stressing the need to return to peaceful... Read more
Masses suspended in Niger due to church burnings
The bishops of Niger have canceled Masses and activities at Catholic schools, health care facilities and charity outreaches after Muslim... Read more
Suffering in Sierra Leone, hard-hit by Ebola, reminds bishop of civil war years
From providing spiritual support to ensuring preventive care, the Diocese of Kenema in the eastern part of Sierra Leone is... Read more
Malawi's Bishop Joseph Zuza dies in car accident
Catholics in Malawi are mourning the death of Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of Mzuzu, who died in a car crash... Read more
In Kurdish Iraq, new beginnings for exiled nuns and priests
In 2014, more than 120,000 Christians in Iraq, among them dozens of priests and religious, had to flee from the... Read more
Twenty-one Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya
A Libyan affiliate of the Islamic State claimed the abduction of 21 Coptic Christians on Monday, releasing pictures of those... Read more
Farsi Catechism translation offers hope of dialogue in Iran
The publication of the Farsi language edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church may foster further interreligious dialogue in... Read more
Nigerian bishop hopes for solidarity, as thousands already killed in the new year
Boko Haram having killed as many as 2,000 in an attack on the town of Baga last week, Archbishop Ignatius... Read more
Among Christian refugees in Kurdistan, 'no one is angry at God'
“Thank you, thank you, thank you:” Suheila, an elderly Christian woman from Mosul was effusive in expressing her gratitude to... Read more
The faith that has been in Iraq 2,000 years 'cannot disappear so easily'
Archbishop Emil Nona is the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, the Iraqi city overrun by the Islamic State last summer. Since... Read more
In Jordan, Church works to assist refugees, protect youth from extremism
For years the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been a haven for refugees from Iraq. However, a critical limit is... Read more
Iraqi Christians say there's no going home after rise of Islamic State
Christians lived in Iraq for nearly two thousand years, but the violent rise of the Islamic State has convinced many... Read more
