CNA: Among the powerful moments on Pope Francis’ Sept. 21 trip to Albania was the Holy Father’s encounter with an 85 year-old Franciscan Stigmatine nun, who recalled witnessing to the faith in the midst of the Communist regime. Sister Maria … Continue reading
mrc Newsbusters: Sometimes it takes a David to defeat a Goliath – or, in this case, unassuming nuns to speak where the media remain silent. Speaking out for Christians persecuted in the Middle East, Mother Olga Yaqob and Sister Hatune … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: An Iraqi Christian woman described this week how she defied ISIS terrorists who put a sword to her throat and told her to either convert to Islam or lose her head. With the blade at her neck, she … Continue reading
American Catholic: If you want to know what is going on in Cuba, the Babalu blog is the go to blog. Carlos Eire tells us about the man who has just become my favorite papal nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Castrogonia, blasted the … Continue reading
AsiaNews: It is in Iraq that the Church of the Arab world suffers today. That is where the passion of the mystical body of Christ is renewing itself, following the rule laid down by Saint Paul that “If [one] part … Continue reading
CNS: Dominican Sister Attracta Kelly in Adrian, Michigan, has been able to speak a few times with the superior of a group of Iraqi Dominicans and knows how desperate their situation is since they escaped Islamicists in northern Iraq. Sister … Continue reading
UCANews: 52-year-old Father Joseph Lu Genjun from the unofficial community of Baoding of Hebei province was released on August 9 after eight years of isolation and imprisonment. At the time of his arrest, Father Lu had been carrying out the … Continue reading
Aleteia: ISIS, the radical Islamist group that forced Christians out of Mosul with the threat of death, has taken control of most of the villages of the Nineveh Plain, the northern area where Iraqi Christians have hunkered down in what is … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Two churches in Thonon-les-Bains, a city of 30,000 in eastern France, were desecrated on August 5, according to Le Messager, a newspaper based in Chablais. More on this here.
1Peter5: Tulsa Diocese Appeal: As has been widely reported, a Satanic Black Mass has been scheduled for September 21 in Oklahoma City’s Civic Center. As a part of Satanic worship, a Black Mass attempts to invert the action and meaning … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: The attack in Bambari, 236 miles northeast of the capital of Bangui, came shortly before French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was expected to visit. A grenade attack had injured seven French soldiers the previous week.Church officials said fighters from … Continue reading
Moslem persecution continues with a vengeance. Now they have arrested her husband and two children. NBC News: A mother who was freed from death row for refusing to renounce Christianity has been re-arrested just a day later while trying to leave Sudan, … Continue reading
UCANews: Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, who has been under de facto house arrest since 2012, is to remain in detention. The influential bishop, who defied the government in July 2011 when he became the first bishop to publicly quit the … Continue reading
Never a man to mince words, Cardinal Zen urges Catholics not to “kneel down” but stand tall, maintain dignity. UCANews: Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong sharply criticized the Chinese authorities’ recently released white paper that emphasized Beijing’s … Continue reading
CNA: Members of the small Christian minority on the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar are suffering intimidation and now fear that their children will be coerced to convert to Islam, one resident said.“If we go to church on Sunday, we have to … Continue reading
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