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NIGERIA: 2 CATHOLIC PRIESTS, WORSHIPPERS KILLED BY HERDSMEN

Two Catholic Priests and at least 17 worshippers have been killed in an attack by herdsmen on St Ignatius Catholic Church in Ukpor -Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government of Benue State in Nigeria. Stressing that the country will not bow to the machinations of evildoers, President Buhari vowed that the assailants would be […]

PRIEST SHOT HEARING CONFESSIONS IN MEXICO; SECOND CLERIC MURDERED IN COUNTRY IN 3 DAYS

Then-Deacon Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia in vocations video. The priest was murdered outside Guadalajara. A priest on the outskirts of Guadalajara has been murdered, the second priest in a week killed in Mexico. Father Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia, 33, was shot dead late on April 20 in Tlajomulco de Zuniga by unidentified attackers in his […]

SINGING PRIEST’S TV PERFORMANCE RECEIVES STANDING OVATION FROM JUDGES

A Catholic priest brought Britain’s Got Talent judges to tears, following his audition on the national TV talent show. Fr Ray Kelly, a parish priest from Ireland, went through to the next round of the competition after receiving the coveted four ‘yeses’ from the judging panel, after singing a rendition of REM’s Everybody Hurts. The […]

MYANMAR CHURCHES SHELTER FLEEING CIVILIANS IN KACHIN

Hundreds of civilians have fled their homes and are seeking refuge in churches in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kachin State amid the military’s offensive against Kachin rebels. More than 900 civilians from Kasung and Zup Mai villages are taking refuge in two Catholic Churches and a Baptist Church in Namti town after church groups rescued them on […]

MISSIONARY OF MERCY: I AM AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD IN BANGLADESH

“I am nothing but an instrument in God’s hands, a channel to show the world His mercy,” Fr Jyoti Francis Costa, tells Asia News. We met the assistant to the general secretary of the Bengali Episcopal Conference (Cbcb) in Rome, where he participated in the meeting convoked by Pope Francis with the Missionaries of Mercy. […]

THE AUSTRALIAN NUN WHO MAKES DUTERTE’S BLOOD BOIL

She has been described as frail, old, skinny and weak, but she made the tough-talking leader of the Philippines seethe in public. “Who are you?” fumed President Rodrigo Duterte. “You do not have the right to criticize us…. Just because you are a nun? The president even admitted that he personally ordered an investigation into […]

PAKISTAN’S TOP JUDGE TO HEAR ASIA BIBI’S DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL

Pakistan’s top judge has announced he will take up the appeal of a Catholic mother of five children who has been on death row since 2010 for blasphemy. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar told lawyer Saif ul Malook — the chief counsel for Asia Bibi — to prepare for her appeal. “Be ready, Saif ul Malook. […]

PAKISTAN: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHAPEL OPENS IN AN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY

For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a Christian chapel has been opened in an Islamic university. This is the church of St Mary, housed in the atrium of the Agriculture University of Faisalabad. It was inaugurated, on April 15th by Joseph Arshad, archbishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and president of the Pakistani Episcopal Conference, […]