Pope Benedict commends historic Mennonite peace witness

Pope Benedict XVI yesterday (Sunday 21 October 2007) received the first Mennonite World Conference delegation ever to come to Rome, following the Anabaptists’ split from the Catholic Church in the 16th century. He especially commended their their long standing...

Two priests kidnapped in Iraq are released unharmed

There were celebrations this morning (Sunday 21 October) at the news that two Iraqi Catholic priests abducted over a week ago in the northern city of Mosul had been released alive and well. Father Pius Affas and Father Mazen Ishoa, seized on Saturday 13 October 2007...

Two priests kidnapped in Iraq are released unharmed

There were celebrations this morning (Sunday 21 October) at the news that two Iraqi Catholic priests abducted over a week ago in the northern city of Mosul had been released alive and well. Father Pius Affas and Father Mazen Ishoa, seized on Saturday 13 October 2007...

Churches in Pakistan join condemnations of suicide attacks

Churches in Pakistan have joined in widespread condemnation of the bomb blasts that killed 139 people people and injured over 500 among the crowds thronging the streets to welcome former prime minister Benazir Bhutto home from her self-imposed exile. Ecumenical,...

Churches in Pakistan join condemnations of suicide attacks

Churches in Pakistan have joined in widespread condemnation of the bomb blasts that killed 139 people people and injured over 500 among the crowds thronging the streets to welcome former prime minister Benazir Bhutto home from her self-imposed exile. Ecumenical,...