Catholic News Service: For the elders of Iqrit, their biggest regret in life is not having been able to raise their children together. On April 13, they congregated with the younger generations in the old Church of St. Mary for … Continue reading
Category: Persecution of the Church
Catholic Church Still Under Severe Persecution in China
Lina Chan for AsiaNews: The Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese is concerned about the situation of the Catholic Church in the Mainland China. The Chinese authorities have imposed political and religious policies that have been … Continue reading
Asia Bibi Appeals to Pope With Easter Prayer for Peace
Vatican Insider:“At Easter, Jesus Christ gives us an example of peace and forgiveness. All of us must learn from the teaching and sacrifice of Christ who was crucified for us and who forgave all those who harmed him. On this special … Continue reading
Vietnam: Communists Threaten to Demolish 22 Catholic Chapels
AsiaNews: The communist authorities of Djak Tô district – Diocese of Kontum, in the province of the same name located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam – are threatening to tear down 22 Catholic chapels and places of prayer, because they … Continue reading
China: 2 Underground Priests Arrested While Offering Mass
Vatican Insider: Two Catholic priests serving China’s underground – or “clandestine” as it is called – Church were forcibly removed by government officials and police officers on the afternoon of Sunday March 22nd. They were rounded up as the celebrated Sunday … Continue reading
Moslem Terrorists Kill 17 in Pakistan
A fifteen year-old Catholic was among others who blocked a suicide bomber from entering a Catholic church. Four Moslems were killed preventing another bomber from entering an Anglican church. AsiaNews:The number of people killed in yesterday’s twin attacks against Christian churches … Continue reading
Jesuit University Hosts Forum to Oppose Catholic Teaching in San Francisco
CNA: The University of San Francisco, a Jesuit institution, will host a March 16 forum for parents, teachers, students and their allies opposed to the archdiocese. The university’s Institute for Catholic Education and Leadership and the group Concerned Parents and Students-Teach … Continue reading
Sam Singer: Who Is This Man Out to Get Arch. Cordileone?
“Everyone is praying that the Pope will remove the San Francisco Archbishop and these priests,” Singer said in a Google+ post on Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday. Who is “everyone”? Who is Sam Singer? And his Association? Who hired him to … Continue reading
Indian Shrine Honors the Martyrs of 2008 Killed in ‘Odium Fidei’
AsiaNews: Christian residents in the village of Tiangia (Odisha) have erected the first monument to honour seven martyrs, victims of anti-Christian pogroms in Kandhamal in 2008. Mgr John Barwa SVD, archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, blessed the memorial plaque on 13 February, in … Continue reading
200,000 Christians May Be Slaughtered in Nigeria by Moslem Terrorists If Something Is Not Done
NBCNews: Boko Haram forces appear poised to attack Maiduguri, a city of 2 million in northeast Nigeria — meaning that 200,000 Christians could be at risk of slaughter by the Islamist terror group, say U.S. intelligence officials and experts on … Continue reading
China: Government Will Not Hand Over Remains of Bishop Shi
The Underground Church hero spent fifty-four of his ninety-three years on earth in prisons and labor camps. AsiaNews: Very “dangerous.” Very “worrying”: This is how Hebei Catholics comment on the attitude of the Beijing authorities surrounding the death of Bishop … Continue reading
Pope: Today Martyrs Are Being Killed by Enemies Who ‘Hate Jesus Christ’
“I think of our martyrs, the martyrs of our times, men, women, children who are being persecuted, hated, driven out of their homes, tortured, massacred,” the Pope told attendees of his Feb. 6 Mass, held in the chapel of the … Continue reading
Underground Chinese Bishop Arrested in 2001 Dead at 94
Catholic Culture: Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang of Yixian, China, who has not been seen in public since his arrest in 2001, has died at the age of 94. A leader of the “underground” church, Bishop Enxiang spent much of his … Continue reading
The Hatred of Some Sick People Is for Jesus Personally
Catholic Culture: Recent days have witnessed the destruction of Christian symbols in Europe and the United States and the disruption of a Mass. On Christmas Day, a vandal entered a parish in Douai, France, and decapitated the heads of eight … Continue reading
ISIS Beheads Four Christian Children for Refusing to Accept Islam
Catholic Online: According to Canon Andrew White, Islamic State terrorists have beheaded a man’s four children after they refused to convert to Islam. Canon White’s retelling of a man’s account was released in the press on Dec. 9, and is … Continue reading