Greece: Pope Brings 46 Migrants From Lesbos to Italy
Two days before departure, at the request of the Holy Father, the Community of Sant’ Egidio brought to Italian soil 46 migrants from Lesbos, Greece. While the Vatican has neither a consulate, nor a migration policy, Max-Savi Carmel of the cath.ch agency wonders about the undersides of such an operation. These 46 asylum seekers from […]
In Japan the “Marriage For All” Movement Advances
Tokyoites will have to resolve to mourn the loss of the model of the traditional family. It was the governor of the Japanese capital who announced it in person, on December 7, 2021: “in response to the wishes of the inhabitants of Tokyo and those who are concerned by this subject, we are going to […]
10 heroic Catholic stories from 2021
Police officers watch as altar servers enter the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver for the funeral of police officer Eric Talley. / Ted Mast. Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church has many heroic individuals, and CNA was fortunate to cover some of their stories this past […]
India’s Choking of Funds to Missionaries of Charity and Other NGOs Draws Outcry
Missionary of Charity sister cares for unwanted children at Nirmala Shishu Bhavan orphanage in Kolkata, India. The Hindu nationalist government announced new restriction blocking foreign contributions to the Catholic order on Christmas Day. The funding block goes into effect Dec. 31.
Vatican pays tribute to 22 church workers murdered in 2021
In situations of extreme poverty, war or civil tensions, 22 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2021.
Pope, patriarch offer prayers as young Europeans hold Taizé prayer online
The Taizé community’s annual end-of-year ecumenical prayer gathering, which moved online Dec. 28-31 and was supported by prayers and messages from Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and other leaders.
Trouble in India
Three hundred Hindu extremists storm a Christian community in north India. Hindu militants force a convert to burn Christian literature — they call her a prostitute and say she’s been paid to convert to Christianity. These are just two of over 20 incidents of violence against Indian Christians since October. And persecution has peaked after Pope Francis […]
Indian Priest Gets Life for Raping Altar Boy
MUMBAI, India (ChurchMilitant.com) – In a historic first, a special court has sentenced an Indian priest to imprisonment for life for raping a 12-year-old altar boy, six years after the serial homopredator sodomized his victim. Archbishop’s house, Mumbai, where police arrested Johnson On Wednesday, the court found 57-year-old Fr. Lawrence Johnson guilty of aggravated penetrative sexual […]
Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings
BANGKOK — When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. The Myanmar military had stormed Done Taw at 11 a.m. on Dec. 7, he told the AP, with about 50 soldiers hunting people on foot. […]
Christians still face persecution but there are signs of hope, Catholic charity says
Red Week in Poland. / Damian Niemczal. Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 10:23 am (CNA). Christians continue to face persecution across the globe but there are many signs of hope, according to the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “The year 2021 has been marked by gratitude and concern,” wrote Thomas […]