(Silas Isenjia. ACI Africa). Des religieuses catholiques du Ghana et du Nigeria, pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, et leurs homologues du Cameroun, pays d’Afrique centrale, se sont exprimées sur le sort des réfugiés…
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Les chrétiens d’Égypte se lancent dans la construction d’églises alors que la persécution s’intensifie
(Redaction. ACI Africa) Les projets ecclésiastiques qui avaient été interrompus en Égypte lorsque ce pays d’Afrique du Nord était dominé par les Frères musulmans reprennent, car les chrétiens du pays commencent à…
Comment une religieuse catholique nigériane lutte contre le mariage précoce
(Redaction. ACI Africa). Sœur Bernadette Duru est le fer de lance de la protection des petites filles dans le diocèse catholique de Shendam au Nigeria contre les mariages précoces. Continue reading… Subjects:…
The Catholic Church in France will have 105 new priests in 2024
(By Walter Sánchez Silva.CNA). The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) reported that, in 2024, 105 new priests will be ordained, 17 more priests than in 2023, when 88 new priests were ordained in the European country….
New media-training project empowers Kenya’s sisters to tell their own stories
(Global Sisters Report. Doreen Ajiambo). Dozens of religious sisters under the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (or AOSK) gathered on June 14 at the Radix Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, for the official launch…
I’m a Notre Dame peace studies student. I was arrested calling for peace in Gaza
(National Catholic Reporter. Joryán Hernández). What does it mean to be a premier Catholic university? One that cultivates “a disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice, and oppression that burden the lives of…
Student Cautions Pope Francis Against Using Anti-LGBTQ+ Language in Virtual Meeting
(New Ways Ministry. Robert Shine). A Filipino student has cautioned Pope Francis against using derogatory language about LGBTQ+ people, coming after reports the pope twice used an anti-gay slur. Last week, Pope…
Bruxelles : que vont devenir les églises désaffectées ? Des temples ? Et pourquoi pas des mosquées ?
(Belgicatho. From La Libre Belgique). Années après années, des églises ferment à Bruxelles. Pour des raisons patrimoniales ou budgétaires, leur assigner un nouvel avenir est cependant très complexe. Les cultes protestants, orthodoxes et…
Church in Haiti overwhelmed by spike in gang violence
(Crux. Eduardo Campos Lima). Gang violence has led 580,000 Haitians to leave their houses and move elsewhere, according to a new UN report released earlier this week, with the Catholic Church also…
Persecution Without Martyrdom: Modern-day Britain’s anti-Christian attitudes remain a cause for concern
(The Remnant Newspaper. Angeline Tan). In May this year, the Liberal Democrat party of Britain deselected David Campanale, a parliamentary candidate, due to his Anglican religion and anti-abortion views, in a move…
Amazon religious sister: Francis hasn’t given final word on women deacons
(National Catholic Reporter. Christopher White). A leading religious sister in the Amazon region believes Pope Francis’ recent interview that seemed to close the door to women deacons isn’t the final word on the…
Step Into Religious Freedom Week as Proud People of Faith
(National Catholic Register. Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer). The Catholic Church in the United States has always had a knack for responding not just to the needs of the faithful but of society at…
Namibia High Court declares anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional in attempt to impose LGBT ideology
(Life Site News. Louis Knuffke). A High Court in Namibia declared the country’s laws that criminalize sodomy “unconstitutional,” claiming they ran contrary to laws prohibiting discrimination based on a person’s sex. The…
Expulsados por Fidel Castro en 1961, los frailes dominicos vuelven a la Universidad de La Habana
(14 y medio). Impartirán clases en el posgrado “500 años de la Escuela de Salamanca”, para los 160 estudiantes inscritos Los frailes dominicos, la orden que fundó la Universidad de La Habana…
Vignettes of Uganda
(Crisis Magazine. Janet E. Smith). “You are welcome!” This “pat” phrase is delightfully warm when uttered with a somewhat lilting cadence, a beautiful broad smile, and direct, sparkling eye contact—as it regularly…
“He who keeps silent is to be taken as consenting…”
(The Catholic World Report. Christopher R. Altieri). “Who am I to judge the Rupnik stories?” Pope Francis’s Communicator-in-Chief, Dr. Paolo Ruffini, asked that rhetorical question on Friday in an Atlanta, GA hotel…
En el único hospital palestino, Soleterre garantiza que niños con cáncer no suspendan su tratamiento
(Religión en Libertad). La violencia y el trauma psicológico a los que están expuestos los niños en Palestina ha alcanzado niveles de intensidad sin precedentes en los últimos meses”, comenta el presidente…
Card. Zuppi: in Terra Santa per stare accanto a chi soffre
(KORAZYM. Simone Baroncia). “Non potevano esserci luogo e giorno migliori per iniziare questo pellegrinaggio di comunione e pace con tutti i fratelli e le sorelle della Terra Santa. Sperimentiamo, come gli apostoli,…
President Joe Biden ‘appalled’ by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue
(AP News). Opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza staged a protest that evolved into brawling and one arrest outside a Los Angeles synagogue over the weekend in violence condemned by President…
El Opus Dei trabaja en un clima de diálogo y confianza con la Santa Sede, afirma su Prelado
(Nicolás de Cárdenas. Aci prensa). El Prelado del Opus Dei, Mons. Fernando de Ocáriz, se ha prestado a dar alguna orientación sobre el momento en que se encuentra la institución fundada por…
Turning point at kath.ch: debate yes, confrontation no
(Léa Burger. SRF). Dispute over the direction of Kath.ch: To what extent should the Catholic Church report on itself critically? After years of disputes over how critically the online portal kath.ch should…
Victims of abuse renew calls for Bishop Meister to resign
(Katholisch). Those affected by abuse have reiterated their call for the resignation of Hanover’s regional bishop Ralf Meister and rejected an offer of talks from the Protestant bishop. “We will not accept the invitation,”…
La histórica revocación de Roe vs Wade cumple dos años: 10 conclusiones y una advertencia provida
(José María Carrera. Religión en Libertad). La revocación de Roe vs Wade en junio de 2022 fue una victoria provida de dimensiones históricas, pero ni mucho menos definitiva: destacamos diez lecciones, reflexiones…
Churches protest Israel’s demand they pay property tax, say it’s undoing status quo
(JULIA FRANKEL. Time of Israel). Though they’re major landowners, churches traditionally were exempt from property taxes; leaders call warning letters a ‘coordinated attack’ on Christian presence in Holy Land Leaders of major…
Il conflitto sempre più duro tra la Chiesa e il governo in Armenia
(asianews. Vladimir Rozanskij). – La Chiesa Apostolica Armena ha assunto ormai una posizione politica esplicita di confronto con il governo di Erevan, con il rischio di una radicalizzazione sempre più violenta delle…
El Santo Padre ha recibido al prelado del Opus Dei, Mons. Fernando Ocáriz Braña
(Exaudi). El papa Francisco recibió en la mañana de este lunes 24 de junio en el Vaticano al prelado del Opus Dei, Mons. Fernando Ocáriz Braña, quien estaba acompañado por Mons. Mariano…
Chile suspende los tratamientos transgénero: anuncia «directrices basadas en evidencia científica»
(José María Carrera. Religión en Libertad). Las repercusiones del Informe Cass sobre casos de mala praxis que llevaron al cierre de la clínica Tavistock -de cambios de género en menores- continúan cruzando fronteras y llevando a…
U.S. bishops commemorate 2nd anniversary of Dobbs ruling
(CNA. Gigi Duncan). The chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ pro-life committee has released a statement commemorating the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington,…
“Apoyo total” del Papa a Helena Maleno, criminalizada por Marruecos: “Seguid trabajando por los migrantes”
(MIGUEL ÁNGEL MALAVIA. Vida Nueva). La activista española Helena Maleno es la fundadora y portavoz de Caminando Fronteras, asociación con la que denuncia las vulneraciones de los derechos humanos en nuestra frontera sur con…
Papal charity flags Islamic extremism in Africa’s Sahel as major threat
(Crux. Ngala Killian Chimtom). A Catholic charity that supports persecuted Christians around the world has identified the spread of terrorism and Islamic extremism in the African region of the Sahel as a…