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...
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...
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...
