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Chrysler’s Lee Iacocca remembered for being a courteous family man

Family and friends gathered on July 10 morning to pay tribute to famed auto executive Lee Iacocca. Iacocca died recently at his home in Bel Air, California. He was 94. The funeral mass, which took place at  St Hugo of the Hills Church in Bloomfield Hills, was celebrated by Monsignor Anthony Tocco. Among the readings during […]

Eritrea Orthodox Church ex-leader expelled for ‘heresy’

In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox Church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, was accused of heresy in a statement signed by a group of top bishops. He has for a long time been a critic of the government and was […]

Chaldean Church says so-called ‘Christian’ militias are not Christian

So-called “Christian” militias contradict the Christian approach of love, tolerance and peace, said the Chaldean Catholic Church. Individual Christians who wish to help defend and maintain security in Iraq can best do so by enlisting with the country’s official army or joining the federal police force, said a statement from the Chaldean patriarchate, headed by […]

Catholic Church in Germany lost 200,000 members last year

Continuing a years-long trend, the Catholic Church in Germany saw a significant drop in membership this past year, losing more than 200,000 members in 2018. According to the German Bishops’ Conference, the Catholic Church in the country declined by 216,078 members last year. Protestant Churches saw a similar drop, with 220,000 members leaving during that […]

Pope voices ‘deep concern’ to Syria’s Assad over airstrikes

One of Pope Francis’s top aides delivered a personal letter from the pontiff to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, among other things expressing Francis’s “deep concern” for the humanitarian situation in Idlib, a rebel-controlled area in northwestern Syria that’s been the target of Russian-backed airstrikes since April. A Vatican statement on July 22 indicated that Cardinal […]

Anti-Christian violence continues in Nigeria

A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State on mid July. The attackers targeted the villages of Ancha and Tafigana in the Bassa Local Government area, as reported by news site Nasoweseeamonline. Margaret Wakili, 27, from Ancha village and who was 6 […]

Pope Appoints German Scientist Stefan Walter Hell Member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Pope Francis appointed Professor Stefan Walter Hell, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, and of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is of international scope, multi-racial in its composition and non-sectarian in […]

Britain relentlessly becoming land of secularists and atheists

A “dramatic decline” in Christian belief and practice, along with a “substantial increase in atheism,” are recorded in the latest findings on religion from the British Social Attitudes survey. “Over time, there has been a dramatic decline in the proportion of people who identify with Christianity along with a substantial increase in those with no […]