MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Bishops in Middle East urge prayer for northern Syria
Al-Hasakah, Syria, Oct 17, 2019 / 11:36 am (CNA).- Bishops in Syria and Iraq have called for worldwide prayer as...
Read moreMoroccan king pardons woman who procured abortion, those who participated
Rabat, Morocco, Oct 17, 2019 / 10:39 am (CNA).- Morocco's king pardoned Wednesday a journalist, her fiance, and the medical...
Read moreAs Angola drought continues, Catholic Church calls for emergency declaration
Luanda, Angola, Oct 16, 2019 / 12:21 am (CNA).- As a severe drought continues to devastate regions of Angola, the...
Read moreMarathon man: The Catholic faith, and family, of Eliud Kipchoge
Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 13, 2019 / 08:02 am (CNA).- On Saturday, Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge broke a finishing tape, and...
Read morePope Francis prays for ‘beloved and tormented’ Syria
Vatican City, Oct 13, 2019 / 06:10 am (CNA).- As Turkish-led forces began the fifth day of their move against...
Read moreSyrian Christians face new threat from Turkey, human rights group warns
Damascus, Syria, Oct 8, 2019 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Endangered Christian populations in the Middle East face renewed risks as...
Read moreHow a Palestinian village sheds light on the drama of Christians in the Holy Land
Jifna, West Bank, Oct 3, 2019 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Jifna is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, just...
Read moreMoroccan woman sentenced for procuring abortion
Rabat, Morocco, Oct 1, 2019 / 05:22 pm (CNA).- A Moroccan journalist, her fiance, and a doctor were sentenced to...
Read morePakistani archbishop warns of surge in Christian girls kidnapped, forced into marriages
Lahore, Pakistan, Sep 27, 2019 / 09:59 am (CNA).- A Catholic bishop in Pakistan has warned of an increase in...
Read moreCatholic Center in Jerusalem takes care of the ‘forgotten kids’ of Israel’s immigrant workers
Jerusalem, Sep 27, 2019 / 08:30 am (CNA).- There are no tourists in Jerusalem’s Talbieh neighborhood. And even locals don’t...
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