The Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land asked for prayers on behalf of the millions of innocent people living in the region who are afraid for their lives as well as the lives of their loved ones due to an intensifying conflict on September 2.
No less than nine Catholic priests have been abducted by dictator President Daniel Ortega since July 26, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a lawyer and researcher.
Christian churches have expressed solidarity with the Church in France over a performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris that was seen as disrespect to the Christian faith.
“Jesus is sent to be given by the Father to others… He is not sent just to wander around and enjoy Himself. He is sent to be given. The missioner is a gift,” said Cardinal Luis A. Tagle.
The Coptic Orthodox Church reported that three monks were attacked and brutally killed in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Cullinan, South Africa, 18 miles (30 Kilometers) east of the country’s capital, Pretoria on March 11 (Tuesday), 2024.
Bishop Matthew Kukah told Bola Tinubu, the recently elected president of Nigeria, that "neither God nor history will forgive you if you fail" and that "you have no excuses before God or the people of Nigeria."
“We feel the concern expressed by Pope Francis in his latest exhortation, Laudate Deum (2023), that ‘the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point’ (LD 2), but we are not doing enough to care for our common home,” said NGO VIVAT International.
During Boko Haram's insurgency in 2009, which aimed to transform the country into an Islamic state, there has been insecurity among priests and all Christians in Nigeria.
Pope Francis met Andry Nirina Rajoelina, the Catholic President of Madagascar, along with Mialy Razakandisa his wife, his sons Arena and Ilonstoa, and a daughter, Ilona on August 17, 2023.
Bishop Martin said in a statement released on the day of the kidnapping, “I ask for your prayers for Father Paul Sanogo and the seminarian Melchior who were kidnapped by bandits in the early morning of August 3 at the priest’s residence in Gyedna, Niger state."
“I opened my eyes and I could see perfectly,” said Jimena, a 16-year-old Spanish World Youth Day pilgrim, during her interview with the ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner
The Holy See Press Office said, “The results of these talks, such as those with religious representatives, as well as the direct experience of the atrocious suffering of the Ukrainian people as a result of the ongoing war, will be brought to the Holy Father’s attention.”
"In this difficult time for Caritas Internationalis, together with the new vice president, new secretary general, and new treasurer, we will look forward to creating a better Caritas in the next four years. said the Divine Word Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo.
