Kenya – A Muslim cleric has been shot dead in an attack apparently linked to the September massacre by the al Shabab group in the Westgate mall in Nairobi. Sheikh Ibrahim Omar was targeted as he drove with four others through the city of Mombasa on October 3. Only one person survived the attack. Police…

India – A Catholic bishop has vowed to appeal the sentences handed down to seven Christians linked to a killing which sparked the deadly Orissa pogrom of 2008. On October 3, a court in the state sentenced those convicted to life, despite a lack of evidence against them and a claim from a Maoist group…

Church believed memo was a legal arrangement with police.

‘Every Child Matters’ just empty rhetoric – academic

Bishop Nulty of Kildare and Leighlin blessed the opening of the Presentation Sisters’ newly refurbished retreat and conference centre in Killenard

Pakistan – A prayer service has been held at the Church of All Saints in Peshawar, the site of the September 22 suicide attack on the Christian community. As protests continue to demand greater security for the community, the church reopened to allow for prayers for the 83 lives lost when a suicide bomber struck…

Tanzania – Police have detained 15 people after the latest acid attack by Muslim extremists left a Catholic priest seriously injured. Fr Joseph Anselmo Mwagambwa was attacked on the island of Zanzibar on September 13, the third priest struck in recent weeks. Police, who have been hunting for acid attackers since the high profile attacks…

Report open to public scrutiny for the first time

It has been reported that during a forthcoming audience with Pope Francis, the president of the European Parliament will invite the Pontiff to address the political assembly. Martin Schulz will formally meet with Pope Francis this October 11 in Rome, and, according to an anonymous source who spoke to the Catholic News Agency, an invitation…