Pope condemns massacre of Copts in Cairo
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the attack on unarmed Christians in Egypt, saying that during the transition to democracy all of the country’s citizens and institutions must work to guarantee the...
View ArticleWiddecombe tells Cameron: Christians deserve same protection as gay people
On Saturday Ann Widdecombe is expected to accuse the Government of double standards in its threats to cut aid to countries which persecute gay people while turning a blind eye to persecution against...
View ArticleFear is silencing Christians in Pakistan, says archbishop
Fear has silenced the voice of Pakistani Christians since the political murder of Shahbaz Bhatti last spring, the retired Archbishop of Lahore has said. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha said: “People are...
View ArticlePope condemns persecution of Christians
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned “religiously motivated terrorism” and restrictions on religious freedom during his annual address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican. Looking at signs of promise and...
View ArticleIf Turkey ever does join the EU, Sarah Ferguson will immediately be served...
Let’s hear it for Fergie. The Duchess of York may have done some toe-curlingly awful things in her life – not the least ghastly of which was trying to persuade someone (who of course turned out to be a...
View ArticleDid Archbishop Conti criticise Archbishop Nichols for denying that Christians...
I was interested to see, on the admirable Protect the Pope website, the intriguing headline “Archbishop Conti challenges Archbishop Nichols’ dismissal of the UK persecution of Christians”. Deacon Nick...
View ArticleOrthodox Church says 90 per cent of Christians have been expelled from Homs
Almost the entire Christian population of the Syrian city of Homs has fled violence and persecution, according to Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. The mass...
View Article‘Ten million people now want to kill me’
“At that moment, I was hit in the face. My nose is hurting. I am bleeding. I am half stunned. They pull me as though I were a stubborn donkey. I can do nothing other than suffer and pray that it stops....
View ArticleDr Rowan Williams says that ‘aggressive secularism’ has nothing to do with...
Well, we had been warned (not that many of us were exactly quaking in our boots): Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, as he prepares to step down from his position as head of the Anglican...
View Article‘If we are called before courts, that is our opportunity to give witness’
What is Bishop Mark Davies really like? That’s a question I’ve pondered, on and off, ever since he was appointed Bishop of Shrewsbury in October 2010, shortly after the papal visit. Going solely by the...
View ArticleVatican official says 100,000 Christians are killed each year because of...
More than 100,000 Christians are killed each year because of their faith, and millions more face bigotry, intolerance and marginalisation because of their beliefs, a Vatican official has said....
View ArticleMuslim leaders from around the world issue ISIS rebuke
More than 100 Muslim leaders — clerics and laypeople alike — have signed an open letter criticising terrorist group ISIS. In the 17-page letter, the leaders quote extensively from the Quran to rebuke...
View ArticleThe Iraqis determined to seize control of their future after fleeing ISIS
When ISIS was pushing its way into Qaraqosh, a Christian town in Iraq’s north-western Nineveh Plain, late in June, Hayfaa Messo was at the town’s hospital visiting her eldest daughter. A mother of...
View ArticlePrince Charles condemns persecution of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria
The Princes of Wales has spoken out about the “horrendous and heartbreaking” persecution of religious minorities around the world. Prince Charles made the remarks about religious freedom in a recorded...
View ArticleChurch protests killing of Christian couple in Pakistan
Catholic leaders in Pakistan has protested the beatings and burning of a young Christian couple accused of desecrating the Quran. “The government has absolutely failed to protect its citizens’ right to...
View ArticleOur Lady provides common ground for Catholics and Muslims
I often feel hopeless when I read about the persecution of Christians. The global situation is grim. A recent report by Aid to the Church in Need explains that the most pernicious persecution of...
View ArticleCatholic and Muslim leaders condemn persecution of minorities
Gathering at “a time of severe tension and conflict,” particularly in the Middle East, 24 Catholic and Muslim leaders and scholars have urged dialogue to promote greater respect and understanding and...
View ArticleArchbishop Kaigama: ‘We need more leaders like Prince Charles’
It was at the extraordinary synod on the family that Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama burst into the international arena, for a moment creating a stunned silence amid the booming din of speculation about...
View ArticlePope likely to meet Christian refugees in Turkey
Pope Francis is likely to meet Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria during his trip to Turkey. The Holy Father is due to arrive on November 28 for a three-day trip to the Muslim country. Although the...
View ArticleGoing to church is a privilege that people living in a free society must not...
Will you be going to Mass this Christmas? If you are one of the Catholic readers of this paper, I imagine the answer is yes. If you are a member of another Christian body, then I imagine you too may be...
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