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Nigerian bishops ask officials to review church licenses to marry couples

Six Catholic bishops appealed to the Nigerian government to review its stand on a directive that houses of worship must obtain an annual license before performing marriages and issuing marriage certificates to newly wedded couples. Archbishop Gabriel Abegunrin of Ibadan and Bishops Felix Ajakaye of Ekiti, Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo, Jude Arogundade of Ondo, John […]

France sees rise in conversion therapies to ‘cure’ homosexuality

It was a coming-out story that turned into a nightmare. The film “Boy Erased,” released on March 27 in France, is based on the true story of the teenage son of a Baptist pastor from Arkansas. When he revealed his sexuality to his parents, they reacted by enrolling him in a “masculinisation” programme to “heal” […]

Anti-Christian carnage in Nigeria could be global security nightmare

Nigeria is not the Middle East – Christians aren’t a tiny minority, they’re at least half of Africa’s most populous nation of 200 million, and their patience can’t be expected to be infinite. If Christians in Nigeria were ever to decide to take the fight to the enemy, the resulting violence could make the Christian/Muslim […]

How Buzz Aldrin’s communion on the moon was hushed up

Neil Armstrong will be remembered at Washington National Cathedral today. It’s a good moment to look at one eccentric Apollo story: the tale of Aldrin’s hushed-up communion on the moon. Before Armstrong and Aldrin stepped out of the lunar module on July 20, 1969, Aldrin Unstowed a small plastic container of wine and some bread. He […]

Catholics including clergy arrested while protesting migrant treatment

Seventy activists were arrest-ed in Washington, D.C., on July 18 while protesting the government’s treatment of undocumented immigrant children, organizers confirmed to Huff Post. The group of Catholic sisters, priests, brothers and lay Catholic advocates recited the rosary as they gathered inside the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill for what organizers dubbed the […]

Chrysler’s Lee Iacocca remembered for being a courteous family man

Family and friends gathered on July 10 morning to pay tribute to famed auto executive Lee Iacocca. Iacocca died recently at his home in Bel Air, California. He was 94. The funeral mass, which took place at St Hugo of the Hills Church in Bloomfield Hills, was celebrated by Monsignor Anthony Tocco. Among the readings during […]

Eritrea Orthodox Church ex-leader expelled for ‘heresy’

In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox Church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, was accused of heresy in a statement signed by a group of top bishops. He has for a long time been a critic of the government and was […]

Chaldean Church says so-called ‘Christian’ militias are not Christian

So-called “Christian” militias contradict the Christian approach of love, tolerance and peace, said the Chaldean Catholic Church. Individual Christians who wish to help defend and maintain security in Iraq can best do so by enlisting with the country’s official army or joining the federal police force, said a statement from the Chaldean patriarchate, headed by […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity