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...
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,...
“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...
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...
The board of the Belgian Brothers of Charity announced on September 13, it will continue offering euthanasia to patients in their psychiatric centres, despite being ordered by the Vatican to stop doing so. The “Broeders van Liefde” board had been given until the end...
