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Christian student in Pakistan killed by Muslim classmates

Classmates beat a Christian student in Pakistan to death three days after starting his new school because he drank water from a cup meant for Muslim students, his family says. Sheron Masih was a Grade 9 student at a govern-ment-run school in Burewala, in Punjab province. He was killed because he was a Christian, the […]

Military claims priest still hostage in devastated Marawi

The vicar-general of the Prelature of Marawi and several other Catholic hostages taken by militants inspired by the so-called Islamic State (IS) are still alive after more than three months of fighting in the southern Philippine City. At a press conference announcing the retaking of St Mary’s Cathedral, Major General Carlito Galvez, commander of government forces […]

ORTHODOX PRIEST JAILED FOR PLOTTING TO POISON GEORGIAN PATRIARCH’S ASSISTANT

A senior Georgian Orthodox priest has been jailed for the attempted murder of the secretary of the Church’s leader of 40 years, Patriarch Ilia II. Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladse received a nine-year sentence from the City Court in Tbilisi for plotting to poison Shorena Tetruashvili, the patriarch’s long-serving assistant, in what prosecutors said was an attempt […]

DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CATHOLIC ACCEPTANCE OF ABORTION, FINDS NEW SURVEY

The number of Catholics who believe “the law should allow an abortion if a woman decides on her own she does not wish to have a child” rose to 61% in 2016, a large increase from 39% in 2012 and 33% in 1985, according to the 2016 British Social Attitudes survey. The percentage of Catholics […]

Nineveh Christians rebuild their homes, but threats remain in Iraq

With towns and cities such as Qaraqosh and Bashiqa in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains now liberated from Islamic State (IS) forces and their original inhabitants begin-ning to return, there is confidence among some local Christian leaders that life is slowly beginning to get back to normal. “I am optimistic, yes, very optimistic,” says Qaraqosh’s Syriac Catholic […]

Three Kenyan Christians ‘called out by name,’ then beheaded by suspected Al-Shabaab

On 15 June 2014, twin attacks by Al-Shabaab on Mpeketoni left 52 people dead. The attackers killed all who could not recite Muslim prayers, before destroy-ing their homes. A group of around 30 heavily armed men in military gear, suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants, killed three men in Lamu West, near Hindi, at about 1.30 am […]

Pope Francis moves to develop a more decentralized church

“All roads do not need to go through Rome!” – Deligne. Everything is clear for the former president of the Argentine Bishops Conference who has become Pope. Decisions in the Church do not necessarily need to go through Rome. “Excessive centralization, rather than proving helpful, complicates the Church’s life and her missionary outreach,” he lamented […]

Welcoming Lord Ganesha into church in Spain costs priest’s job

A Catholic priest in Spain was forced to resign on Aug 28, a day after he welcomed a Hindu procession into the cathedral. As per reports, local Hindus, carrying out a Ganesh Chaturthi procession, originally wanted to leave some floral offerings at the entrance of the church as a gesture of respect to Christians.  However, […]