Local Church

Iraq: Archbishop speaks of grief after 100 killed in wedding fire

Nineveh’s Deputy Governor Hassan Al Allaq told Reuters that 113 people have been confirmed dead so far.

Sep 28, 2023 22:06

John Newton

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Armed group killed children in a Ugandan school while chanting their evening prayers

Extremist rebel group ADF-NALU (Allied Democratic Forces – National Army for the Liberation of Uganda) ransacked an educational institute near the border with the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) last Friday (16th June), killing 38 students, a school security officer and three others. Six pupils were kidnapped.

Jul 06, 2023 03:48

John Newton

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

40 Nigerians killed in church bombing call for canonization

Father Emmanuel Faweh, the rector of the St Albert Institute, Kafanchan Diocese, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the 41 who lost their lives during a Pentecost Sunday Mass are martyrs and that the first step on their path to sainthood should be set in motion.

Jun 04, 2023 14:48

John Newton

Testimonies

Sudan: As fighting breaks out, priests remain with their flocks

Although no Church workers have been killed so far, despite the rising number of civilian casualties, churches have been damaged, as have other public buildings, including hospitals.

May 03, 2023 02:03

John Newton

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

A decade on – kidnapped archbishops still missing

Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi and Syriac-Orthodox Metropolitan Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim were seized in the area between Aleppo and the Turkish border. They were travelling to negotiate the release of two priests – Armenian Catholic Michael Kayyal and Greek Orthodox Maher Mahfouz – who had been abducted by jihadists.

Apr 27, 2023 18:42

John Newton

Justice and Peace•Local Church

Priests and people endangered by Khartoum chaos

On 15th April fighting started between the RSF – acting under the orders of vice-president Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, alias Hemedti – and the Sudanese army, loyal to president General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

Apr 23, 2023 03:55

John Newton

Local Church

Ukraine: the biggest challenge for the Church will be to heal the psychological wounds caused by the conflict

Fifteen million people have left eastern Ukraine, seven million of them are in Poland or Western Europe, one million have gone to Russia, and seven million are internally displaced in western or central Ukraine.

Apr 20, 2023 11:21

John Newton

Local Church•Testimonies

Archbishop optimistic about new Nigerian president

According to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, Tinubu received 8,794,726 votes in February’s presidential election, putting him ahead of main challenger Atiku Abubakar who came second with 6,984,520.

Mar 29, 2023 04:41

John Newton

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Killed for teaching kidnapper the ‘Our Father’

Michael Nnadi’s killer confessed that he killed him for preaching the Gospel.

Mar 22, 2023 13:44

John Newton

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Raped at gunpoint. Christian teen describes her horrific captivity

Kinza Sindhu – who is just 14 years old – was abducted from her home in Lahore by five men on 19th September 2022. The Movement for Solidarity and Peace calculated that up to 1,000 young female Christians and Hindus, aged 12-25, are abducted and forced to convert to Islam every year.

Mar 19, 2023 22:01

John Newton

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: Why is the government letting people be killed?

Last year, 93 villages were attacked in Benue State alone resulting in the deaths of 325 farmers.

Mar 14, 2023 01:23

John Newton

Local Church

Bishops appeal for peace as Nigeria stands on “edge of a dangerous precipice”

As well as appealing for calm and restraint, a statement from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, signed by its president, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, addressed concerns about the credibility of the elections held last Saturday (25th February).

Mar 02, 2023 01:20

John Newton