Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said.
Pope Francis will speak to bishops and mayors of the Mediterranean region in Florence on Feb. 27.
Gulshan*, an Afghan Christian woman, recalls the agonising moments when her family realised the Taliban had taken over Kabul. She spoke with the partners of the Christian anti-persecution charity Open Doors.
The tension in Ukraine is leading Israel to push its citizens there to leave the country and some Ukrainian Jews are also taking the step of making Israel their home. Seventy-five Ukrainian Jews were on a SkyUp Ukrainian flight that landed at Ben Gurion airport on Sunday morning (and another 22 arrived that night) making Aliyah or immigrating to Israel.
The 66-year-old bishop-elect was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to expand access to abortion Monday as the nation’s Constitutional Court voted to legalize the procedure until the 24th week of pregnancy.
An official of the Catholic Church in Scotland has called the Scottish government’s new guidelines on underage sex “morally bankrupt.”
The bishops of Bolivia are calling for an urgent reform of the justice system, after a series of protests over the release of rapists and murderers rocked the country.
A long-feared Russian invasion of Ukraine appeared to be imminent Monday, if not already underway, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.
Overnight the few remaining American diplomats in Ukraine were temporarily evacuated to Poland as Russian President Vladimir Putin ratchets up the possibility of war in eastern Europe.
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate, Ukraine’s charitable Caritas organization has said it is preparing for a possible humanitarian crisis should war erupt.
