MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Patriarchs meet in Lebanon to discuss political neutrality amid crisis
Rome Newsroom, Jul 24, 2020 / 11:15 am (CNA).- As Lebanon reels from an economic crisis, Catholic patriarchs met Thursday...
Read moreChurches burned, people beheaded in Mozambique’s escalating extremist violence
Rome Newsroom, Jul 23, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- A Catholic bishop has deplored the world’s indifference to escalating extremist...
Read moreIsraeli forces remove 6th-century baptismal font from Palestinian town
CNA Staff, Jul 22, 2020 / 05:50 pm (CNA).- Israeli forces on July 20 carried out an operation to retrieve...
Read moreCatholic cathedral in Syria that survived missile attacks reopens after restoration
CNA Staff, Jul 20, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- A Catholic cathedral that was repeatedly struck by missiles amid the...
Read moreSouth Sudan’s tribes can power peace efforts, Catholic priest says
CNA Staff, Jul 16, 2020 / 03:00 am (CNA).- After a violent incident between South Sudanese tribal members in a...
Read moreNew Ebola outbreak in DRC prompts Catholic aid
CNA Staff, Jul 14, 2020 / 12:32 am (CNA).- Caritas Spain has announced that it will donate more than 23,000...
Read moreHagia Sophia belongs ‘to all of humanity’, Eastern Orthodox patriarch says amid mosque plans
CNA Staff, Jul 9, 2020 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- While Turkey’s president has made moves to close the museum at...
Read more‘Life after ISIS’: Christians are leaving Iraq due to ongoing security concerns
Rome Newsroom, Jul 7, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- More Christian families left the Nineveh Plains than returned to their...
Read moreReligious scholar laments: Turkish Christians ‘a welcome scapegoat’
CNA Staff, Jun 25, 2020 / 05:41 pm (CNA).- According to a scholar of comparative religion, Christians in Turkey are...
Read moreSend special envoy to protect Nigerian Christians says former congressman
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 25, 2020 / 03:05 pm (CNA).- The United States should send a special envoy to Nigeria...
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