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Religious freedom is shrinking all over the globe. That’s the stark conclusion of a major new report by the charity Aid to the Church in Need. You might think this dramatic story would be on the front...
View ArticlePope Francis’s visit to Turkey puts spotlight on besieged Christians
Pope Francis’s trip to Turkey this weekend will put a spotlight on the country’s besieged Christians. A century ago Christians made up a fifth of the population of Turkey; now they are less than one...
View ArticleNuncio says Christians could return to northern Iraq this year
Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, has said that Christians may be able to return to their homes in northern Iraq later this year – but only if Islamic State is pushed out first....
View ArticlePope Francis says ‘ecumenism of blood’ is uniting Christians
Pope Francis has said religious persecution is uniting Christians around the world – a development that the Pontiff went on to describe as an “ecumenism of blood”. The Pope was speaking to members of a...
View ArticleSyrian leader calls for air strikes to save Christians from ISIS
A prominent Syrian Christian political leader has called for US-led coalition forces to use air strikes to aid fellow Christian and Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants following...
View ArticleBishop asks faithful to send Easter cards to persecuted Christians
An English bishop is urging Catholics to write to persecuted Christians this Easter. Bishop Declan Lang, chairman of the bishops’ conference Department of International Affairs, said: “Pope Francis has...
View ArticleDefender of the (Eastern) faith
Who is the most formidable defender of persecuted Christians in the world today? Many would nominate Pope Francis, who has offered thunderous denunciations of attacks on the faithful ever since his...
View ArticleMore Christians are martyred today than in the first century, says Pope Francis
The number of Christians being martyred today surpasses that of the first century, Pope Francis has said. In his Regina Caeli prayers the Holy Father said: “Persecuted Christians are the martyrs of our...
View ArticleReport reveals scale of Boko Haram violence inflicted on Nigerian Catholics
A new report has revealed the scale of the suffering of Nigerian Catholics at the hands of Boko Haram militants, with 5,000 Catholics killed in one diocese alone. A further 100,000 Catholics in the...
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God will judge “the powerful of the Earth” who damage the environment and make the poor go hungry, Pope Francis said at a Mass marking the start of the Caritas general assembly yesterday (full text,...
View ArticleKnights launch new TV campaign about persecuted Christians
The Knights of Columbus announced on Tuesday that it would launch a new phase in its efforts on behalf of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East. To date, the fraternal...
View ArticlePope Francis tells youth: ‘The Bible is your most precious treasure, now read...
The Bible is a “dangerous book” that young people should read daily rather than letting it gather dust on their shelves. “The Bible is not meant to be placed on a shelf, but to be in your hands, to...
View ArticleUS cardinal says forces in Middle East are intent on eradicating Christians
When Cardinal Edwin O’Brien was named grandmaster of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre in 2011, he found himself embroiled in a war a world away from the jungles of Vietnam where he ministered to dying...
View ArticleIraqi priest freed after Syria kidnapping
An Iraqi Franciscan priest kidnapped in Syria for the second time, reportedly by Islamist militants, has been released. The Custody of the Holy Land, the Franciscan authority of the Holy Land, released...
View ArticleBritish Government accused of disregarding plight of Syrian Christians
A Catholic peer has criticised the Government for rescuing Muslims and gay people from Islamic State terrorists while disregarding the plight of Christians. Lord Alton of Liverpool accused Ministers of...
View ArticleSister arranges aid for thousands of struggling families in northern Syria
People under constant threat of bombardment in the Syrian city of Aleppo will receive a fresh emergency relief package in the latest round of aid payments announced by the UK arm of Catholic charity...
View ArticleMurdered Missionaries of Charity ‘gave their blood for the Church’, says Pope...
Pope Francis told faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that the four Missionaries of Charity murdered by extremists in Yemen were victims of the “globalisation of indifference” who had...
View ArticleNew report details genocide committed by Islamic State against Christians
Christians in Libya, Iraq and Syria are victims of a genocide carried out by the Islamic State, according to a report issued by the Knights of Columbus and In Defense of Christians. The 278-page...
View ArticleCharity urges better protection for Christians in refugee camps
An international charity has urged better protection for Christian refugees in Germany after Church officials said many face abuse in Muslim-dominated camps and reception centres. “We’ve heard much...
View ArticleVisiting child victims of Lahore bomb was ‘truly difficult’, says archbishop
Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore, Pakistan, said he was grief-stricken while visiting hospitalised child victims of an Easter bomb attack in a city park. Speaking with the pontifical foundation Aid...
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