Middle East - Africa News
Syrian bishop hopes new patriarch's experience will save lives
A Syrian bishop is happy with the election of Archbishop Louis R. Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church... Read more
Church of the Nativity gets large Vatican donation
The Vatican has promised to donate $135,490 U.S. dollars (100,000 Euros) to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem during... Read more
Catholic Relief Services helps refugees in Mali conflict
Catholic Relief Services is working to assist tens of thousands of refugees in Mali as the clash between government and... Read more
New Coptic Catholic leader receives Pope's approval
Pope Benedict XVI approved Bishop Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak as the new Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts in Egypt, granting... Read more
Catholic hospital in Jordan struggles to help Syrian refugees
A Jordanian Catholic hospital is appealing for more money to help with the growing influx of Syrian refugees fleeing the... Read more
Catholic official says Mali relieved by French intervention
French military invention in Mali has “greatly comforted” the country's people who feared jihadist rebels could expand far into the... Read more
Syrian conflict could worsen Christian exodus
Fighting in Syria continues to put pressure on the minority Christian population, leading to fears that more Syrians will join... Read more
Iranian pastor's Christmas arrest worries religious liberty advocates
A Christian pastor who spent nearly three years in an Iranian prison for his religious conversion was reportedly arrested again... Read more
Jerusalem patriarch's Christmas message surveys Middle East situation
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, has issued a Christmas message that both laments the violence and refugee... Read more
Amid struggle, Palestinian Christians look ahead to Christmas
Armed conflicts and a decline in tourists and pilgrims from overseas will cause difficulties for Palestinian Christians, but they will... Read more
Papal nuncio to Ivory Coast killed in car accident
Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the papal nuncio to the Ivory Coast, died on Saturday evening in a serious car accident on... Read more
Eritrea's forced military service drains Church manpower
The Eritrean government’s practice of forced military conscription means that seminarians and other church workers are being forced into the... Read more
Car bombs terrorize Syrian Christians in Damascus
Two deadly car bombs that exploded in a Damascus suburb Nov. 28 killed at least 34 people and are “terrorizing”... Read more
Advent calendar to promote work of Bethlehem hospital
Supporters of Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem will launch an internet Advent calendar to help the world learn more about... Read more
Yad Vashem honors Italian cardinal who rescued Jews
Israel’s official Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem has named the World War II-era Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, as... Read more
Pope warns Gaza conflict could spread in Middle East
Pope Benedict XVI is warning violence could spread through the region, after Israel continued bombing Gaza and a suicide bomb... Read more
Benin's president thinks Pope is right about hope in Africa
Just one year after Pope Benedict XVI visited the African country of Benin, its president believes that it can live... Read more
Court dismisses blasphemy case against Christian teen
The Islamabad High Court has dismissed all charges leveled against a disabled Christian girl accused of violating Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read more
Jerusalem bishop laments new Israeli-Palestinian violence
Amid renewed military action between Israel and the Gaza Strip, a bishop from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is lamenting... Read more
Nigerian Catholics respond to attack with prayer and fasting
After his parish in southern Nigeria was desecrated on Nov. 4, Monsignor Obiora F. Ike called on his parishioners to... Read more
