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Persecution of the faithful: the greatest story never told

July 08, 2022

Peninah was only 24-years-old when her husband Paul was murdered by Al-Shabaab terrorists in Kenya. Attackers with Kalashnikovs, lined the men up in the street and demanded they recite sections of the Koran. Paul was a Christian and they shot him. In Afghanistan, the Taliban dragged Zabi’s 60-year-old Christian father away into the night. After

October Diary: Reflecting on the plight of refugees

October 13, 2021

Anna Somers Cocks on the plight of those left behind in Afghanistan, the apps offering a window on that country, and the challenges of her Italian garden

Pope Francis greets Afghan refugees after Vatican documentary screening

September 07, 2021

Vatican City, Sep 7, 2021 / 03:10 am Pope Francis met with recent arrivals from Afghanistan on Monday evening after a documentary about his life and teaching was screened at the Vatican. The Holy See press office said that the pope arrived in the atrium of the Paul VI Audience Hall on Sept. 6 at

American Catholic leading relief efforts to evacuate Afghan refugees

August 24, 2021

One of the leading relief operations that is providing assistance to Afghans and others desperate to flee the country is led by a Catholic, Timothy Keegan, who is also CEO and Founder of The Coalition of Hope Foundation (COH) and also works in the financial sector. Keegan established COH to provide Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief

Claims that Taliban have massacred 200 Christians dismissed as “fake news”

August 23, 2021

Claims on the internet that the Taliban have slaughtered more than 200 Christians in Afghanistan were quickly dismissed as “fake news” which has been circulating for more than four years. There are scarcely any Christians in the country. Following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Pope St John Paul II established a Missio sui

Jesus wont’ forget the Afghans, says bishop

August 20, 2021

Catholics should pray for the people of Afghanistan in the confidence that Jesus Christ will never abandon them, a bishop has said. Bishop Declan Lang, chairman of the Department of International Affairs of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, issued a statement as the Taliban regained control of Kabul, the capital, immediately following the

Diary: Of sporting triumph and disaster

July 29, 2021

Unusually for me, I had a weekend of sport. The heights of a victory at Lord’s followed by the defeat at Wembley were enough to test the faith. It will be a while before going to Rome is seen more positively than at the time of Cromwell. The weekend also demonstrated the simplistic fallacy of

The Church must be brave enough to embrace Muslims who turn to Christ

April 20, 2016

Increasing numbers of Muslim refugees are seeking reception into the Church.