ISRAEL: Attacks on Christians increasing
The Holy Land’s Christians have suffered a “disturbing rise” in attacks including spitting, physical harassment, damage to…
GUATEMALA: Sisters caring for forgotten and poor communities
Religious Sisters in Guatemala have shared their stories of dedication and sacrifice supporting indigenous people and bringing…
HAITI: ‘Our mission is to call out what is evil’
A priest in Haiti has described how clergy dedicated to helping people in desperate need are being…
ETHIOPIA: Trauma in Tigray
The people of Ethiopia’s Tigray region “experienced hell” during two years of civil war, according to their…
HOLY LAND: ‘When the wounds are still bleeding it is not the time to speak of politics’ – Cardinal
The Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem has pleaded for an end to the divisive politics engulfing Gaza and…
PAKISTAN: Church leaders welcome increase in legal marriage age in Pakistan
THE Catholic Church in Pakistan has applauded an amendment to the Christian Marriage Act raising the legal…
NIGERIA: Leaders accused of inaction amid ongoing killings and food crisis
Eight months after hundreds of Christians were massacred on Christmas Eve and three months after another carnage…
EGYPT: Plans to build more churches as religious freedom returns
A decrease in the influence of Islamist extremism in Egypt has made it possible for Christians to…
BANGLADESH: Jesuits open their first training centre
The Society of Jesus has set up its first-ever novitiate in Bangladesh, where less than half a…
UNITED KINGDOM: Crosses damaged by jihadists to join exhibition
Three crosses that suffered damage when extremists seized Iraq’s Nineveh Plains are to be added to an…
NIGERIA: Kidnapped priest goes free
Nigerian priest Father Mikah Suleiman was released last night (Sunday, 7th July) after more than two weeks…
PAKISTAN: Desperate plea for Christian man put on death row
The head of the Catholic Church in Pakistan has lambasted a court for passing the death sentence…