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Tutsis and Hutus practise the multiplication of love and fishes

When Sr. Mary Rose Mukuki-bogo first approached women in Gisagara, southern Rwanda, about starting an agricultural associa-tion, they were furious. It was 1997, three years after the 100-day genocide in 1994 that killed more than a million people during the fighting and the chaos afterwards. Mukukibogo, a member of Les Soeurs Auxiliatrices (Helpers of the […]

An Unwanted Shepherd: The Bitter Dispute In Nigeria’s Ahiara Diocese Is About More Than Tribal Politics

On 10 July, the seminarians in a house of formation in the Ahiara diocese woke as usual; but their morning prayer was anything but routine. The atmosphere was like a graveyard. The deadline given by Pope Francis for all the priests of the diocese to pledge obedience to him and apologise for their rejection of […]

Vatican shuts down fountains as Rome deals with drought

While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, the Vatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state’s 100 fountains. The office governing Vatican City State announced July 25 that the drought has “led the Holy See to take measures aimed at saving water” by shutting down fountains […]

Benedict XVI: On the dictatorship of the Xeitgeist, deceased cardinal had faith in Church

In a tribute to the late Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI praised the German prelate for his “conviction that the Lord does not leave His Church, even if at times the ship is almost filled to the point of shipwreck.” The message from the retired Pontiff, which was read out at Cardinal Meisner’s funeral […]

Venezuelan Church condemns ‘morally unacceptable’ government

The Venezuelan Church has announced that it will no longer participate in the “national dialogue” between the pro-Chavez government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition. “There are obvious issues that were brought to the table from the beginning of the discussions in October 2016 but these issues have never been addressed,” explained Cardinal Baltazar Enrique […]

Central African Republic: Muslims take refuge in Catholic cathedral

More than 2,000 Muslims have sought refuge in the Catholic cathedral in Bangassou, in the Central African Republic, to escape sectarian violence. The Muslim refugees have fled from attacks by the anti-Balaka militia group. An estimated 100,000 people have been driven from their homes in the conflict that has plagued the Central African Republic for […]

Papal trip to India planned for late 2017 or early 2018

A papal visit to India is being planned for the near future, a spokesman for the country’s bishops has disclosed. “We are still hopeful that the visit (by Pope Francis to India) will take place at least early next year, if not earlier,” said Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas,the secretary-general of the Indian bishops’ conference. Officials at […]

Sharp decline in Bosnia’s Catholic population

The Catholic population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has fallen to 400,000—down from over 740,000 before the Bosnian War (1992-95). “This decline is mainly due to young people emigra-ting to find better job opp-ortunities,” said Bishop Tomo Vuksic, the nation’s military ordinary. The prelate told an Italian news agency that Catholics face significant economic discrimination in […]