Christian lay leaders are seeking representation in the upcoming parliamentary election in Bangladesh scheduled to be held in February. Leaders of the Bangladesh Christian Forum met with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Joint Secretary Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir on October 13 and sought nomination from the party for Advocate John Gomes from the Christian community for…
The Vatican’s child protection board said on October 16 that the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal, and identified financial reparations and sanctions for abusers and their enablers as essential remedies. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors focused on the issue of reparations in its…
Catholic leaders in Nigeria have weighed in on a recent call by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for the Trump administration to redesignate Nigeria as a country of particular concern (CPC) over alleged Christian persecution. Republican Senator Ted Cruz introduced legislation in September that would require the Trump administration to adopt the…
On October 16, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. Addressing the World Food Day global ceremony that also marked the 80th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation at its…
The Archbishopric of Carthage was “nullius”, Tunisia’s socialists declared in Latin in 1964: it ruled “over nothing”. A slap in the face for the claims that Rome had formulated in the 1880s under the protection of France. Tunis/Algiers (KNA) Ancient Christianity in North Africa, with its front men Cyprian of Carthage and Augustine of Hippo,…
Political scientist Marc Frings on the chance for peace in the Middle East “The two-state solution is still an international consensus” Marc Frings has been Secretary General of the Central Committee of German Catholics since 2020. Before Frings took up this post, he headed the office of the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ramallah, Palestine,…
Czech Catholic bishops welcomed the results of the parliamentary elections on October 3–4, which saw a populist party win the most votes but fall short of a majority, while a far-left coalition that bishops had warned had an explicitly anti-Church platform failed to enter Parliament. The ANO 2011 party, led by billionaire former prime minister…
The US Catholic bishops sharply criticised the Trump administration’s recent approval of the generic abortion drug mifepristone, saying that women and children deserve better care. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug even as the administration is currently investigating the abortion drug for safety concerns. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert…
Pope Leo XIV released the first major document of his young pontificate on October 9, in which he called upon all the Christian faithful – especially Catholics – to “make their voices heard,” in decrying the sinful structures that contribute to poverty and make life for the poor even more miserable than it already is.…
The Archdiocese of Seoul announced that it has received authorisation from the Vatican to initiate the beatification cause of the priest who pioneered monastic life in Korea. According to the Vatican news agency Fides, Fr Leo Bang Yu-ryong (1900–1986) will be recognized as a servant of God. With this permission, the archdiocese will be able…