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Boris Johnson’s son baptised Catholic

A statement from the Archdiocese of Westminster confirmed that the baptism of Wilfred Johnson took place. “We can confirm that Wilfred Johnson was baptised in West-minster Cathedral on September 12, 2020, in a private ceremony, attended by both parents and a small number of guests, in keeping with current (Covid-19) guidelines,” said the diocese. The […]

Top Muslim Torpedoes Interfaith Dialogue

Italy’s top Muslim leader, whose organization supports Pope Francis’ pact with Islam, is causing acute embarrassment to Catholic apologists of interfaith dialogue after he insulted Jews and Christians as heretics. Yassine Baradai, national secretary of the Union of Islamic Communities of Italy (UCOII) – the largest umbrella organization of the Islamic communities in Italy – […]

Nun to head Kenyan bishops’ new national television

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has appointed a Catholic nun to set up a national Catholic television station. Sister Agnes Lucy Lando, the director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Kenya’s Daystar University, is the coordinator and lead consultant to assist the conference to launch Ukweli Television Kenya. The Communications Authority of Kenya […]

Researchers Find Christians in Iran Approaching 1 Million

Missiologists have long spoken of the explosive growth of the church in Iran. Now they have data to back up their claims—from secular research. According to a new survey of 50,000 Iranians—90 percent residing in Iran—by GAMAAN, a Netherlands-based research group, 1.5 percent identified as Christians. Extrapolating over Iran’s population of approximately 50 million literate […]

Salvadoran imprisoned for 1989 killings of 5 Jesuit priests

A former colonel of the Salvadoran military, Inocente Orlando Montano Morales, has been convicted in a Spanish court for is participation in the murder of five Jesuit priests in 1989. Montano has been sentenced to more than 133 years in prison. The former colonel was El Salvador’s vice-minister for public security during the civil war […]

Pope ready to sign new encyclical for post-Covid age

Pope Francis is to release a new encyclical which is expected to focus on what the world should look like following the Covid-19 pandemic. The 83-year-old Roman Pontiff will travel to Assisi to sign the document, in what will be his first trip outside of Rome since the Coronavirus struck Italy. His visit to the small Umbrian […]

Mark Galli, former Christianity Today editor and Trump critic, to be confirmed a Catholic

Mark Galli will stand before Bishop Richard Pates in the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, Illinois, to hear these words: “Francis, be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Pates will then dab Galli’s forehead with anointing oil (using a cotton ball instead of his thumb due to COVID-19). And with that, […]

Women take to pulpits in German diocese: “It is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work”

Women are to take to pulpits in a German diocese, saying “it is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work.” – The time has come “to broaden the framework so that women, with their charisms, can be seen and heard more strongly in liturgy and preaching” – Building on the […]

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