In the wake of the murder of an Italian nun, the bishop of Pemba, where the Islamist insurgency began, says that poverty and corruption are at the root of the problem. (Cover photo: Internally Displaced People in the north of Mozambique). In an interview with Pontifical Charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which […]
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PAKISTAN: Tributes to Christian man killed in Peshawar
Tributes have been paid to a Christian minister who was killed on Sunday, 30th January in Pakistan after dedicating his life to persecuted and other suffering Christians. Gunmen on motorbikes shot William Siraj in the head and chest as he was driving away from Sunday service at a church, outside Peshawar city centre. Also in […]
Feature Story: Yemen and the murder of four Sisters
Photo: A few Sisters of the Congregation of Mother Teresa Yemen They gave bread “and received gunfire” The Church deplores the world’s indifference to the murder of four nuns in Yemen Montreal/Königstein, 15 Mar. 2016 – The Catholic Church on the Arabian Peninsula deplores the indifference that the people of the world have shown in response to […]