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
One in seven Christians worldwide faces persecution for their faith in Jesus. That's about 360 million people.
Albrecht von Boeselager announced his decision in a letter to senior officials.
The CEO of a leading religious freedom advocacy organization is urging Christians in the United States to boycott the upcoming Winter Olympics scheduled to take place in Beijing, China, due to the country’s persecution of Christians and other religious minorities.
The report covers 1977 to 1982, when the future Benedict XVI led the archdiocese.
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Israeli police on Wednesday evicted a Palestinian family and demolished their home in the flashpoint Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah following a days-long standoff over the disputed property.
A long-awaited report on the Catholic Church’s handling of sexual abuse by clergy and others in Germany’s Munich archdiocese, which was once led by retired Pope Benedict XVI, is set to be released Thursday.
In the wake of a massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga, subsequent tsunamis and now contamination from volcanic ash and saltwater, Pope Francis has appealed for prayers for the people of the region.
The head of Africa’s soccer federation told Cameroonian Catholics that just as his native South Africa overcame its “difficulties,” so can Cameroon.
Bishop Eugenio Coter is an Italian who has been a missionary in Bolivia’s Amazon region since 1991.
