In an unusual incident on Tuesday evening, Muslim and Christian residents of the town of al-Khader near Bethlehem clashed after Palestinian terrorists tried to hide from the Israel Defense Forces in
His comments came a day after the publication of the Munich abuse report.
A group of religious sisters and brothers in India is calling on the country’s Catholic bishops to make their voices heard as Christians and other religious minorities are attacked in India.
Abuse of children is rising in Africa, but a culture of silence is keeping the continent from addressing the problem, according to one expert.
At the same time it is conducting a canonical investigation of a Peruvian religious order accused of abuse, the Archdiocese of Lima has come under fire from an oversight body for failing to respond to complaints about the same order sent their way.
Israeli leaders insist they will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. For years, the overshadowing question has been whether Israel would take pre-emptive action to cripple or destroy the regime’s nuclear program.
Art restorers from the Vatican Museums checked the conservation of an important Byzantine Marian icon in Rome on Thursday.
At least 29 people, including11 children, have been pronounced dead after a stampede at a church gathering in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, Wednesday night. Hundreds were in attendance at an all-night Christian crusade, which took place at an open-air Pentecostal church on the outskirts of the capitol in the New Kru Town neighborhood when the incident happened.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Jan. 10 killed three Christians in attacks in Nigeria, where more Christians were killed for their faith last year than in any other country, sources said.
Pope Francis is expected to proclaim Irenaeus a ‘Doctor of Unity.’
Ukrainian-American Catholics warn a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border poses a grave threat not only to that nation, but to Europe and democracy itself.
