International

Muslim Prayer Profanes Iconic Paris Church

A respected Islamic scholar and Parisian Catholic priest is condemning the recitation of the Koran and Muslim prayer in Paris’ largest church as the “abandonment of evangelization” and the “introduction of the Antichrist.” Fr Guy Pagès’ censure is being echoed by Parisian Muslim converts, who face the death penalty for apostasy from Islam — including […]

Christian leaders seek release of Jimmy Lai, other activists in Hong Kong

An international coalition of Christian leaders, including the president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, appealed for the release of Hong Kong’s Catholic pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai and other imprisoned activists as part of a Chinese New Year amnesty. Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar, FABC president, joined other Catholic and Protestant leaders from across […]

Eritrean Patriarch Abune Antonios Dies After 16 Years in Detention

Abune Antonios, a confined Eritrean Orthodox Church patriarch and the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the Horn of Africa, died on February 9 at the age of 94. He was still serving detention in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, after his arrest in 2006 just two years after his installation as the third patriarch of the […]

Munich abuse report incriminates retired pope; Vatican to study document

A law firm’s report on how abuse cases were handled in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising incriminated retired Pope Benedict XVI, with lawyers accusing him of misconduct in four cases during his tenure as Munich archbishop. Lawyer Martin Pusch of the law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl said the retired Pope had denied wrongdoing in […]

Bishop says Amazon Synod did little to tackle sacramental crisis in region

Bishop Eugenio Coter, an Italian who has been a missionary in Bolivia’s Amazon region since 1991, has a great sense of hu-mour: You ask him for a picture of himself, and he sends one in which he is holding a sloth. Coter has been leading the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando since 2011. It’s a 64,000 […]

South Sudan bishop’s initiative helps eliminate need for cattle raids

In a country at war, it’s a region at peace, thanks to a retired South Sudanese Catholic bishop who has championed friendship among those who once saw each other as enemies. During the civil war between southern Sudanese and the government in Khartoum, Sudan, Bishop Paride Taban was bishop of Torit, working to keep people […]

Retired pope urged to make statement on German abuse report

Following the publication of an experts’ report on how sexual abuse was handled in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the German Catholic news agency KNA spoke to Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors since its creation and president of the Institute of Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Studies […]

The 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Follow Jesus in 2022

Afghanistan is the new No. 1, according to the 2022 World Watch List (WWL), the latest annual accounting from Open Doors of the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous and difficult to be a Christian. “This year’s findings indicate seismic changes in the persecution landscape,” said David Curry, president of Open Doors USA. Since Open […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity