SPIRITED THINKING SINCE 1888
Karl Gustel Wärnberg
Christopher Wojtulewicz
persecuted Christians
From Syria to Slovakia, buildings are lit up in support of persecuted Christians
December 02, 2021
Hundreds of buildings across the world were lit up in solidarity with persecuted Christians in Red Week, an annual event organised by the charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). This year’s commemoration, on Nov. 17-24, marked the first time that the eastern European countries of Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina have taken part in
New report details experience of Christians detained in North Korea
November 04, 2021
Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2021 / 07:00 am A prisoner held in a cell in North Korea for two months noticed a distinctive pattern of behavior among some of the fellow detainees who called themselves Christians. They “would pray in the corner of the cell that was hidden from the CCTV camera … They would
Sewage Plant in Pakistan Continues to Operate Near Christian School
July 06, 2021
“It is clear to us that this is part of a plan to stop children from being educated,” said Christian bishop Iftikhar Indryas. “We Christians are being treated like sewage.”
Catholic bishops urge Sri Lankan government to release report on 2019 Easter bombings
February 25, 2021
Bishops have spoken out about the failure to release the report from the presidential inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks, which killed more than 260 people and injured more than 500.
Nigerian bishop laments continuing insecurity since seminarian’s killing a year ago
February 16, 2021
Sokoto, Nigeria, Feb 15, 2021 / 07:19 pm MT (CNA).- One year after the burial of Michael Nnadi, an 18-year-old Nigerian seminarian abducted and killed by gunmen, the local bishop has indicated his sorrow at the lack of progress in preventing abductions and murders. “It is quite tragic that one year later, we are still
Pope Francis praises Coptic Orthodox martyrs as ‘saints of all Christians’
February 16, 2021
In a video message for the “Day of Contemporary Martyrs” Feb. 15, the pope said, “I hold in my heart that baptism of blood, those twenty-one men baptized as Christians with water and the Spirit.”
Pope Francis to visit Iraq in March 2021
December 07, 2020
Pope Francis has long desired to visit the sorely tried and suffering nation of Iraq.
Anti-Christian violence in Nigeria could become another Rwanda, says bishop
June 29, 2018
Addressing the international community, Bishop Avenya said: 'Don’t wait for the genocide to happen before intervening'
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