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END OF CHRISTIANITY: PERSECUTION IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH – SHOCK WARNING FROM CATHOLICS

Christians are now the most persecuted religious group in the world and the religion could be wiped out in Iraq within three years, according to a report by a Catholic charity. The European-based Aid to the Church in Need described the current level of persecution against Christians as being “worse than at any time in […]

POLAND: CBOS INSTITUTE, 25 MILLION PEOPLE GOING TO CONFESSION FOR EASTER. THE VALUE OF FASTING

  Over 25 million Poles will approach the Sacrament of Penance in preparation for Easter, according to the press office of the Bishops’ Conference in Warsaw, which cites data from Poland’s Opinion Polling Institute CBOS, according to which the Easter confession will be attended by over 67% of the population. The Church in Poland “does all she can to ensure that no one […]

BOKO HAREM KILLS 15, WOUNDS 83 IN ATTACK IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday, killing at least 15 people, the military said Monday. The militants tried to enter the centre of Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Borno state, but army soldiers repelled them, gunning down six armed insurgents and seven suicide […]

SRI LANKA WANTS TO MAKE SUNDAY SCHOOLS COMPULSORY

Sri Lanka is awaiting cabinet approval of a proposal to make Sunday school education compulsory for students aged 6-19 of all religions after the Christian Affairs Ministry sought feedback from Catholic priests about the idea earlier. Father Piyal Janaka Fernando, institute director of the National Catechetical, Educational and Biblical Centre, forwarded their feedback to the […]

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS IT KILLED FOUR CATHOLICS IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

Four members of a Catholic family were killed in a militant attack in southern Pakistan a day after the minority community celebrated Easter. Ucanews.com reported the deadly gun attack took place April 2 in Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, in a statement carried by its Aamaq […]

POPE SENDS MESSAGE COMMEMORATING KOREA’S BLOODY JEJU UPRISING

Pope Francis has sent a message of healing and reconci- liation to Koreans commemora- ting the 70th anniversary of the Jeju Uprising and subsequent massacres which resulted in the deaths of more than 10,000 civilians. “[Pope Francis] hopes that this occasion will foster healing and reconciliation,” wrote Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, […]

JAFFNA PENINSULA: THE ARMY WILL RETURN 700 ACRES OF LAND TO TAMIL OWNERS

The Sri Lankan army has announced that it will deliver 700 acres of land confiscated during the civil war to its legitimate owners, in short Tamil fishermen and farmers. The lands are located in the Jaffna peninsula and delivery is scheduled for April 13th. Anthony Jesudasan, coordinator of the North-South Peace Desk of the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (Nafso), told “This is really good […]

CHINA BANS ONLINE BIBLE SALES, RELIGIOUS BLUEPRINT RELEASED

On Holy Saturday, China’s communist government, deep in talks with the Vatican on a deal to appoint bishops, issued a ban on internet sales of the Bible. Four days later, it issued its first white paper on religious freedom in 21 years, only a week after hauling Bishop Vincent Guo Xijin of Mindong away from […]