Tamás Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary Photo: Vatican Media

Congolese bishops: ‘Our country is not for sale’

The statement also called on the international community to “understand once and for all that the DR Congo is neither for sale nor to be lawlessly exploited” – referencing Pope Francis’s message in early 2023 telling multinational companies to take their “hands off” the DRC and Africa.

Israel continues to violate human rights of Christians just because they are Palestinians

Layan Nasir, a 23-year-old native of Birzeit, is the only Christian woman under “administrative detention”. She was taken, blindfolded and handcuffed, overnight by a military patrol without an arrest warrant or charges against her. The Bethlehem Lutheran leader: Israel enjoys “impunity” and “feels entitled to destroy the lives of millions of people.”