religious violence Archives

Vatican confirms Pope to visit Egypt April 28-29

Following various media reports, the Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis will visit Egypt April 28-29 in order to stop at the Al-Azhar university and mosque, considered the premier center of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, to press the campaign against religious violence.

Ghana man attacks churches in Rome, motive unclear

A 39-year old man from Ghana in Africa destroyed several statues at different Roman churches on Friday night and Saturday morning, before being arrested by local police and after being impeded by a Catholic priest, and his motives for the assaults remain unknown.

Francis remembers missionary sisters on the front line
- Canonization of Mother Teresa, Vatican
- September 5, 2016
Pope Francis points to the heroic work of religious sisters recently killed like Sister Isabel Sola Matas. After her death in Haiti some of her writing came to light which reflected her thinking in the face of danger. “Haiti is my home, my family, my work, my suffering and my joy, and my place of encounter with God.”
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‘We don’t know’ if Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil is still alive, key bishop says
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- September 3, 2016
The bishop of southern Arabia issued an emotional impromptu appeal on Friday for prayers for Father Tom Uzhunnalil, an Indian missionary kidnapped in Yemen whose fate remains unknown, including whether he’s alive or dead.
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Bolivian nun kidnapped and raped the latest sister to face violence
- Global Church
- September 2, 2016
The kidnapping and rape of an 81-year-old Catholic nun in Bolivia is only the most recent assault on a woman religious, after recent incidents in both the United States and Argentina, as experts on religious life say that the threats faced by Catholic sisters are on the rise.
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