Martyrs of Africa’s First Big Persecution: St Charles Lwanga & Companions
In the 1880s, a king in what is now Uganda launched a persecution of Christians. Günther Simmermacher tells the story of St Charles Lwanga, St Kizito and...
Church / Evil & Persecution / Feast Days / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 31, 2022 · Last modified June 1, 2023
In the 1880s, a king in what is now Uganda launched a persecution of Christians. Günther Simmermacher tells the story of St Charles Lwanga, St Kizito and...
By CNS – A Byzantine priest from Lviv, a native of Donetsk who became famous throughout Ukraine after being captured by separatists in 2014, announced the beginning...
By CNS – The Missionaries of Charity congregation has been forced to shut Nirmala Shishu Bhawan, a home for orphaned, destitute and abandoned children in Uttar Pradesh...
Christian Living / Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Evil & Persecution
by Admin · Published November 30, 2021 · Last modified November 27, 2021
By Elizabeth Botha, Open Doors – World Children’s Day was celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the United...
Under pressure from Chinese law, a digital Bible company has removed its app from Apple’s app store offerings in China while Apple itself has removed a Quran...
Christian Living / Church / Evil & Persecution / Nthabiseng Maphisa / Saints
by Nthabiseng Maphisa · Published October 19, 2021 · Last modified January 24, 2024
It occurred one day, in the glory of the heavenly court, that a foul and offensive odour poured through the air. The pungent and rancid smell wafted...
Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Evil & Persecution / Human Rights
by CNS · Published August 27, 2021
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis held a private audience with Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and survivor of the Islamic State-led genocide in Iraq,...
Bible / Christian Living / Church / Evil & Persecution / Fr John Allen Green / Jesus / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published August 27, 2021 · Last modified August 28, 2021
Banality of Evil – Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 To witness, to see, to stand in the presence of unthinking, unreasoning and unholy actions, leaves us stunned, stammering for motives...
Catholic dioceses across China hosted celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this year, while pilgrimages to China’s national Marian shrine were forbidden....
While it helps for him to be “a believer, a Catholic” to defend religious freedom, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said there are many good...
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