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US Knights of Columbus will match donations to aid persecuted Iraqis
New Haven, Conn., Aug 12, 2014 / 02:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Knights of Columbus have established a matching fund to assist Christians and other religious minorities facing severe persecution or displacement in Iraq and nearby countries.“The unprovoked and systematic persecution and violent elimination of Middle East Christians, as well as other minority groups, especially in Iraq,… Read More ›
Priest from Nineveh: ‘Christianity is finished in Iraq’
Rome, Italy, Aug 8, 2014 / 04:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest hailing from what used to be Iraq’s largest Christian city has lamented the exodus of over 100,000 Christians from the city, many of whom are fleeing on foot with no food, money or water.“Today the story of Christianity is finished in Iraq,” said… Read More ›
Prayers urged as black mass organizer claims consecrated Host
Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug 8, 2014 / 04:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The purported use of a consecrated Host at a planned satanic black mass at an Oklahoma City civic center would be a “terrible sacrilege” that requires a prayerful response, the local archbishop emphasized.Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City in an Aug. 4 message lamented… Read More ›
Iraqi Christians facing risk of genocide, patriarch warns
Baghdad, Iraq, Aug 7, 2014 / 10:41 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The seizure of Iraq’s largest Christian town has prompted a mass exodus of refugees, which a leading Catholic bishop described as a Way of the Cross that could become a genocide unless the global community intervenes. “They are facing a human catastrophe and risk a… Read More ›
Catholic groups unite to help Iraqis ousted by extremists
Mosul, Iraq, Aug 6, 2014 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have agreed to a common plan to help those who have fled from their homes in the portions of northern Iraq now controlled by the Islamic State.The militant Sunni Islamist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was among the… Read More ›
Catholic News Agency launches mobile app
Denver, Colo., Jul 16, 2014 / 11:09 am (CNA).- Catholic News Agency has announced the launch of its new app, offering direct access to all of its content, free of charge. “Our readers have come to expect free, timely coverage of the Universal Church on our website,” said Marianne Medlin, editor-in-chief of CNA. “Now we’re… Read More ›
The Lord prepares the soul, prepares the heart
Vatican City, Jun 13, 2014 / 10:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily homily Pope Francis reflected on the mission given to each of us personally by God. “When the Lord wants to give us a mission, wants to give us a task, He prepares us. He prepares us to do it well, as he prepared… Read More ›
Pope Francis: You cannot understand a Christian without witness
Vatican City, May 6, 2014 / 07:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his daily Mass Pope Francis recounted the death of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, explaining that being a Christian means giving witness rather than remaining sterile within ourselves.“You cannot understand a Christian without witness,” the Pope stated in his May 6 daily homily,… Read More ›
Report shows ‘egregious’ religious freedom violations in Syria
Washington D.C., May 6, 2014 / 04:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. government should designate Syria as a “country of particular concern” due to “particularly severe violations of religious freedom” in its ongoing conflict, a global religious liberty group said.“The existing humanitarian disaster and egregious human rights and religious freedom violations pose a serious danger… Read More ›
Popes John Paul II, John XXIII officially declared saints
Vatican City, Apr 27, 2014 / 02:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a packed St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis officially declared former pontiffs John Paul II and John XXIII as Saints.“For the honor of the Blessed Trinity, the exaltation of the Catholic faith and the increase of the Christian… Read More ›