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Moroccan Christians Welcome End of a Decade of Islamist Government

Turnout surged to 50% as liberals routed the Justice and Development Party (PJD), which led the North African nation’s parliament the past 10 years. Its share of the 395-seat legislature dropped from 125 to 13. The PJD finished eighth overall. “We thank Jesus, the Islamists are gone,” said Imounan, a church planter who lives in the southern […]

Olympic champion gets hero’s welcome at Maryland Catholic school alma mater

For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four more Olympic medals at the Summer Games in Tokyo began many years ago and winds through several roads. Among them are two Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington, a few area pools and the tight-knit community of her Bethesda hometown. Stone Ridge School […]

New Swiss Guard barracks will allow room for families, maybe female guards

A complete rebuild and expansion of the living quarters for the Swiss Guard will not only improve life for guards and their families, it will also allow for the future possibility of recruiting women. Currently, applications to serve in the 15-year-old corps are open only to Swiss male citizens who served in the Swiss Army […]

Forced conversions a religious duty in Pakistan

Pir Abdul Haq, alias Mian Mithu, specializes in marrying off Hindu women to Muslim men in Pakistan and converting them to Islam simultaneously. His certificates preceded court verdicts before the partition of British India. “Even at that time, my father was jailed for four months when the local Hindus protested. The British gave us a […]

Helping resettle Afghans fits ‘mission’ of Nashville Catholic Charities

Over the course of the next six months, Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Nashville will help resettle 150 Afghans into local communities as part of the effort to help them escape Taliban rule under the U.S. State Department’s Afghan Placement Assistance Program. “We serve people because we can address their needs, and addressing the […]

Pakistani clerics oppose anti-forced conversion bill

Muslim clerics in Pakistan are voicing opposition to a draft bill that would only allow “mature people” to change their religion. The top trend on Twitter in Pakistan on Sept.15 was “#Islam mukhalif bill na manzoor [reject anti-Islam bill],” as a debate on the bill aimed at stopping forced religious conversions raged in the media. Opponents […]

Indian Catholics help Myanmar Christian refugees

The Catholic Church in India’s Mizoram state has joined other Christian denominations and youth associations in assisting Christian refugees fleeing unrest in Myanmar. According to media reports, over the past six months thousands of Christians from Myanmar have sought refuge in Christian-dominated Mizoram after the military junta intensified its crackdown on rebels in Chin state bordering India. […]

Christians decry profiling of faith leaders in central India

Christians in Madhya Pradesh state, central India, are outraged after government agencies began profiling Christian religious leaders working among indigenous people. A revenue department official in the tribal-dominated Jhabua district summoned Christian leaders and asked them to provide personal information such as their appointment as a priest and the document related to their conversion. The […]