A Sudanese family that expelled an 18-year-old relative from their home in a refugee camp in South Sudan for accepting Christ has dragged a pastor to jail on accusations of kidnapping, sources said.
The support of Catholics worldwide is an invaluable resource for small Christian communities in the Middle East who have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a Vatican official said.
As a photographer with the International Mission Board, I have had the privilege of working alongside Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) partners on numerous projects in Asia.
A Vatican diplomat has said that a UN Human Rights Council report on Islamophobia risks “polarizing the international community.”
For more than 55 years, Luis Palau sought to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. This one man reached hundreds of millions of people for Jesus Christ.
Wednesday papal catecheses date back to before the Second World War
In this e-book you will find all the homilies, prayers and speeches that Pope Francis gave during his historic visit to Iraq from March 5 to 8, 2021.
Father Christian Carlassare, who was appointed Bishop of Rumbek on Monday, nearly 10 years since the death of the diocese’s last bishop, described his appointment as an illustration of “the God of surprises.”
Please read below for CNA’s full transcript of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Baghdad, Iraq to Rome, Italy on March 8, 2021.
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed joy at the vitality of the Church in Iraq despite years of fierce persecution.
Pope Francis entrusted the rebuilding of Christian communities in the Nineveh Plains to the protection of the Virgin Mary at a cathedral that was once desecrated and burned by the Islamic State.
