ISIS claims responsibility for Cairo church bombing
ISIS claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bombing at a Cairo church two days earlier that killed 24 Coptic Christians, highlighting a new escalation of violence in Egypt against civilians...
View ArticleCardinal Marx says Germans stand together following lorry attack
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the president of the German Bishops’ Conference, has said Germans “should stand together as a society” after the lorry attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that has left 12...
View ArticleAre Russians becoming the chief target of Islamist terror?
The latest terrorist outrage, if that is what it is, and it is hard to see what else it can be, that took place yesterday in Berlin, is by no means the first of its type; indeed, so common have such...
View ArticlePope Francis prays for victims of Berlin lorry attack
Pope Francis is urging people of good will to fight the “folly of terrorism”, following Monday’s lorry attack on a Christmas market that left 12 people dead and a further 48 injured. In a telegram sent...
View ArticlePope sends condolences to family of murdered Russian ambassador
Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the family of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey who was shot dead by an assassin on Monday. In a telegram, sent on behalf of the Pope by the Vatican’s Secretary...
View ArticlePlatitudes aren’t enough. We need to discredit the jihadis’ ridiculous ideas
In the Telegraph yesterday, Julie Lenarz argued persuasively that Germany cannot craft a coherent response to Islamist terrorism until it analyses the challenge. And the challenge is the presence of a...
View ArticleWhen will our politicians and religious leaders come up with a coherent...
Back in 2002, I made what turned out to be my last visit to Istanbul. In those days, it was not simply one of the most beautiful and beguiling cities in the world, it was also completely safe. I was...
View ArticleHuge Catholic procession takes place under heavy security in Manila
A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholic devotees on Monday joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ held under tight security due to fears of a possible attack...
View ArticleGeorgia woman killed by gunman at Florida airport was parish stalwart
Olga Woltering, a bedrock member of her parish and the Atlanta Cursillo movement and beloved to her family and many friends, was among five people killed in the January 6 shooting at a Florida airport....
View ArticlePope Francis urges media to tell more ‘good news’ stories
Pope Francis has urged the media to tell “good news” stories and to not constantly focus on stories to do with war and terrorism. In his message for the 51st World Day of Communications, entitled...
View ArticlePakistani court clears 155 people of burning Christian homes
A defence lawyer in Lahore, Pakistan, says a court has acquitted all 155 of his clients who were accused of torching homes in a Christian neighbourhood. Ghulam Murtaza said yesterday that...
View ArticleIraqi Christian leader sees little future for Christians in Mosul
As some residents of the city of Mosul celebrate their new freedom from the ISIS, an Iraqi Christian leader who visited the war-torn city said Christian residents are unlikely to return. “I don’t see a...
View ArticleISIS vows more attacks on Egypt’s Christians
An ISIS affiliate group in Egypt released a video on Monday showing the suicide bomber who killed nearly 30 people when he attacked a packed church in December and vowing more attacks on the country’s...
View ArticleMilitants kill two Christians in Egypt’s Sinai
Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have killed two Christians in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, days after an ISIS affiliate group vowed to step up a wave of attacks on...
View ArticleOn anniversary of ISIS genocide declaration, US government urged to bring...
Despite then-Secretary of State John Kerry’s declaration one year ago that ISIS’s actions in Iraq and Syria amounted to genocide — and unanimous votes in the House and Senate asking Kerry to declare...
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Martin McGuinness was a man of prayer who strove for peace, says archbishop
Following the death of Martin McGuinness at the age go 66, Archbishop Eamon Martin has said the Irish Republican Army commander who led the organisation towards reconciliation with Britain was “a man...
View ArticleCardinal Nichols: ‘We pray for the victims of Westminster attack’
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has offered prayers tonight for the victims of Wednesday’s terrorist attack on Westminster, and their families. In a tweet, the Archbishop of Westminster also said that all...
View ArticleCardinal Nichols calls for prayers and ‘compassionate solidarity’ after...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, has called for prayer, compassionate solidarity and calm in the wake of yesterday’s terrorist attack in London. He urged prayers for those who...
View ArticleWestminster attack: Pope Francis ‘assures Britain of his prayers’
Pope Francis has said he is “deeply saddened” by the attack in Westminster yesterday and has expressed “prayerful solidarity with all those affected by the tragedy”. His comments came in a message from...
View ArticleWestminster has seen worse. Now it must show persecuted Christians that...
The Prime Minister, in her statement in the aftermath of yesterday’s attack, defiantly insisted that parliamentary business would today continue as usual. During the morning sittings in both Houses...
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