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Nicaraguan bishops to pray for exorcism as violence continues

As attacks on Catholic clergy continue and anti-government protesters are besieged by Nicaraguan police and paramilitaries, the bishops said they would pray an exorcism prayer. The bishops said July 20 would be a day of prayer and fasting “as an act of atonement for the profanation carried out in recent months against God.” On that […]

EU population up to nearly 513 million

On 1st January 2018, the population of the European Union (EU) was estimated at 512.6 million, compared with 511.5 million on 1st January 2017. During the year 2017, more deaths than births were recorded in the EU (5.3 million deaths and 5.1 million births), meaning that the natural change of the EU population was negative. […]

Clericalism is killing the Catholic Church even in Africa

We need to face the facts. The significant number of Christians who are leaving the church to join new communities is a sign that Christians are tired of what we Catholics have offered them. So they are looking for something new that the classical parish pastoral framework is unfortunately no longer able to provide. In […]

After shuttering 700 churches, Rwanda proposes stricter clergy guidelines

After closing more than 700 churches and some mosques in March, Rwandan government officials have moved to institute guidelines for how faith groups operate in the majority-Christian East African country. Rwanda’s minister in the office of the president has brought to Parliament a draft law that would require Christian and Muslim clerics to attain university […]

Italy proposes mandating display of crucifixes in public buildings

A bill has been introduced in the Italian parliament which would require the visible display of crucifixes in public buildings, Italian news magazine L’Espresso reported on July 23. The bill, “Dispositions concerning the display of the crucifix in schools and in offices of public administration,” proposes crucifixes be visibly hung in places such as schools, […]

Ethiopia’s torn Orthodox church reunites after 27 years

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world’s oldest Christian churches, his top aide said on July 27. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) removed the Derg military […]

Google celebrates priest who proposed Big Bang theory

The Google ‘doodle’ depicts Belgian priest and astronomer Fr Georges Lemaître Google’s “doodle” for, July 18 celebrated the 124th birthday of the Belgian priest who formulated the Big Bang theory. Fr Georges Lemaître was professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven and proposed a theory that said the universe was constantly expanding from […]

Tens of thousands mark 100 years since murder of last Russian tsar

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill led some 100,000 people in a nigh time procession on July17 to mark 100 years since the Bolsheviks murdered tsar Nicholas II and his family, amid a simmering conflict between the state and the Church over their remains. The procession began in the early hours of July 17 from the murder […]