Francis Alonge, the Bishop of Ondo in Nigeria, has called for the return of former missionary schools taken over by... Read more
Christians in the southern Iraq have begun a campaign to restore churches which have been rendered unusable due to war... Read more
Although only a dozen Iraqi young people were able to attend World Youth Day in Sydney, more than six thousand... Read more
A meeting of Catholic bishops from around Africa is being held in Tanzania this week to discuss the need to... Read more
In the Jubilee Year of 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land stopping at one... Read more
Although President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara signed an agreement to end the “polarization, divisions,... Read more
Cardinal Wilifrid Fox Napier, the Archbishop of Durban, South Africa, told an Australian news program that a change in Catholic... Read more
A Sudanese Catholic bishop has said that the International Criminal Court’s decision to indict Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for genocide... Read more
The Australian government has denied visas to dozens of World Youth Day pilgrims from Iraq, citing concerns that participants will... Read more
While at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo this morning, Pope Benedict received the King of the Middle Eastern country... Read more
A tablet with messianic overtones reputedly from before the time of Christ has become a topic of debate in biblical... Read more
Catholic evangelization, outreach initiatives and charitable work in Pakistan are continuing in the face of opposition from Muslim hard-liners and... Read more
The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a group of traditionalist Anglicans, released its final statement in Jerusalem on Sunday relegating... Read more
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, pointed out that Pope Benedict... Read more
Zimbabwe’s political opposition urged the international community to reject the results of Friday’s run-off presidential election in which President Robert... Read more
At a press conference on Thursday, Kenyan Anglican Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi gave an update on a statement assessing the state... Read more
Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad warned this week that there is an effort underway “to rid the Middle East... Read more
The new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, who was named to the post a few days ago by... Read more
Following the withdrawal of Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai from the country’s presidential race, the Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa... Read more
The government of Zimbabwe has partially lifted a policy banning non-government organizations (NGOs) from entering the country, relenting to humanitarian aid... Read more