A parliamentarian in Kabul has called for those who convert from Islam to Christianity to be killed. Nazir Ahmad Hanafi made his proposal, he stressed, to halt the growing number of Christians in the country, which is blamed on the presence of American troops. “The Afghan people continue to convert to Christianity. This is an…

“It is important to bring the solicitude and the presence of the Church into the world of communications so as to dialogue with the men and women of today and bring them to meet Christ…The God in whom we believe, who loves all men and women intensely, wants to reveal himself through the means at…

Kenya – Members of the Christian and Muslim faiths have joined in condemning the recent terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi and to insist that communities are dedicated to good relations for the good of their country. “We, religious leaders, are engaged in a robust dialogue to ensure that these relations are not…

A shift in ‘values’ is causing division, writes Michael Higgins

Central African Republic – The United Nations must intervene in the country, the Bishop of Bangassou has said. In a message sent to the UN in New York ahead of a debate on the deteriorating state of affairs in the African nation, Bishop Juan Jose Aguirre Muno states that the controlling Seleka group is now…

Turkey stands accused this week after it emerged that the state’s military may have had a hand in a notorious case of triple murder of Christians in 2007. The deaths of German missionary Tilmann Geske and converts to Christianity Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel are better known locally as the Zivre murders, the name garnered…

United States – A perfume manufacturer in the state of California has released a fragrance named in honour of Pope Francis. Excelsis Fine Fragrances, which was originally founded in 2005 to recreate the cologne worn by Pope Pius IX and has since offered colognes such as Benedictus has now released Francis, billing it as fragrance…

Catholic Guides of Ireland award members who have set themselves above the standard challenges of the Guiding programme

Pope begins meetings with hand-picked cardinal advisers on reform of curia

Lough Derg’s ‘Living with Suicide Day’ attracted 120 participants