MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Head of Ethiopian Catholic Church barred from entering Eritrea
Asmara, Eritrea, Feb 27, 2020 / 11:14 am (CNA).- Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, the head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church,...
Read moreWear black to protest anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Catholics told
Benin City, Nigeria, Feb 26, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- The bishops of Nigeria have told the nation’s Catholics to...
Read moreLesotho PM murder case could have canon law consequences
Cape Town, South Africa, Feb 25, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Prime Minister Thomas Thabane of Lesotho has been charged...
Read moreSyria’s Hidden Victims – Samer Hanna
Damascus, Syria, Feb 21, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- The Syrian civil war has led to one of the largest...
Read moreYemen war: A look at a ‘serious humanitarian crisis’
Sanaa, Yemen, Feb 19, 2020 / 11:19 am (CNA).- Nearly 24 million people in Yemen are in dire need of...
Read moreHistoric Iraqi church to be rebuilt
Mosul, Iraq, Feb 18, 2020 / 03:10 pm (CNA).- The rebuilding of a Syriac Catholic church in Mosul, Iraq, destroyed...
Read moreKidnapped Nigerian priest has been released
Lagos, Nigeria, Feb 18, 2020 / 01:25 pm (CNA).- The Nigerian priest who was abducted by gunmen last week has...
Read moreBishops urge president to hold peace talks in Cameroon conflict
Yaoundé, Cameroon, Feb 17, 2020 / 06:01 pm (CNA).- Bishops from around the world have signed an open letter to...
Read morePriest arrested in Turkey for giving bread and water to Kurdish separatists
Ankara, Turkey, Feb 17, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Turkish authorities have arrested a Syriac Orthodox priest on terrorism chages...
Read moreHarare archdiocese releases pastoral plan for small Christian communities
Harare, Zimbabwe, Feb 14, 2020 / 04:26 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Harare has released a pastoral plan to instigate...
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