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Pope invokes ‘magisterial authority’ to declare liturgy changes ‘irreversible’

Addressing a group of liturgical experts on August 24, 2017, Pope Francis said that after the teaching of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and a long path of experience, “We can affirm with certainty and magisterial authority that the liturgical reform is irreversible.” The declaration came in a speech to Italy’s “Centre of Liturgical Action,” […]

Nigeria: Archbishop calls for compensation for victims of Boko Haram

A Nigerian archbishop has called on the government to compensate churches and other victims of Islamist terror group Boko Haram. “In the past six years, insurgents have attacked churches and other Christian places in the north, but the federal government is yet to compensate the victims,” said His Excellency Msgr Mathews Manoso Ndagoso, Archbishop of […]

Report: Christianity spreading among Iran’s youth

Mohabat News, an Iranian Christian news agency, said in a recent report that Christianity is spreading rapidly among youth in some cities. “This high rate of conversion of Iranian youth to Christianity is in spite of rigorous Islamic indoctrination of the youth in their families and educational system,” according to the report. “The Islamic government […]

Salesian missionary in Ethiopia has baptized over 7,500 

A Salesian missionary priest has baptized more than 7,500 people in the Ethiopian village where he works. Father Giorgio Pontiggia has been stationed for years in a village outside Gambella. “When I arrived eleven years ago, I found about 40 Catholics,” he recalls. He began offering instruction, bringing residents into the Church, a few at […]

10,000 take refuge at cathedral in South Sudan

Ten thousand people fleeing the violence of the South Sudanese civil war have taken refuge in and near the nation’s largest church, St Mary’s Cathedral in Wau. “Space is at such a premium that some people even sleep next to the church’s altar,” the IRIN news agency reported. A priest at the cathedral told the […]

Coptic bishop: Christians are denied freedom of worship in parts of Egypt

The Coptic Orthodox bishop of Minya, Egypt, criticized government officials for failing to allow for the reopening of 15 local churches that had been closed by security order. “Every time we move to resolve the problems that cause these grievances we are met with the same lame excuse: the security situation does not allow it,” […]

Venezuelan bishops’ conference headquarters ransacked

Unidentified persons attacked the headquarters of the Venezuelan bishops’ conference on August 25, stealing several items. The bishops’ conference reported in two tweets August 25 that “the headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Confe-rence were the victim of the mob that morning.” Though details of what happened have not been given, the pictures show the damage […]

Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to recite Islamic creed 

Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants on August 18 after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At around 9 pm, Changawa Muthemba, who was in his forties, was dragged out […]