

Syrian Bishops Plea for an End to EU Sanctions
There is no end in sight for Western sanctions against Damascus as Syrian Catholic bishops warned that the current restrictions were hampering aid efforts and endangering Syrian Christians.
There is no end in sight for Western sanctions against Damascus as Syrian Catholic bishops warned that the current restrictions were hampering aid efforts and endangering Syrian Christians.
Sweden’s Cardinal Anders Arborelius dedicated the country’s first shrine Saturday specifically for prayer for persecuted Christians. The Archbishop of Stockholm presided at the ceremony July
EU MEPs blamed nationalist rhetoric for the cultural clash; the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the EU would do better to look after its own internal affairs.
King Lawal had replied to a tweet thread by Anglican commentator and broadcaster Calvin Robinson, who expressed concern about the sexualized nature of Pride events, at which children are often present.
Reports diverge on both the identity of the priest’s attackers, and whether these are connected to the severe riots in France over the past four days.
During an otherwise peaceful demonstration in support of Belgium’s healthcare workers, it appears that one officer attempted to hit chairman Tom Van Grieken in the face, while a fellow MP claimed she had been kicked by another policeman after having fallen to the ground.
A bomb of poverty has been hurled at the country by economic sanctions imposed by the West, Kiely says.
Perhaps reporting the figures of martyred Nigerian Christians might cause compassion fatigue, but the world needs to know the intensity of the persecution—which many argue has developed into a genocide.
“I want to encourage Christians with a history of our spiritual ancestors who did not flinch from professing their faith, even in an increasingly atheist society.”—Rev. Matthew Heise
The brutality of the news channel that on other occasions takes pride in the quality of its content and intellectual openness sends shockwaves through the Catholic world and beyond.