"The first trip to Africa is a trip of hope and overall reconciliation," Federico Lombardi said as he briefed the Vatican press corps on the weeklong tour beginning next Tuesday.
Benedict would address all Africans on March 19 from the Cameroonian capital Yaounde where he was due to meet delegates

If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take their cross and follow me.Mk:8:31-38
Does Sin Matters?
In the gospel reading today we hear the call from Jesus that if we want to be his disciple then to take up our cross and to follow him. In the appointed epistle St. Paul wr

during the program organized by Milap Organization on the 8th March at St. John’s Church, Mianmir Colony, Lahore Cantt. She continued, “My mother-in-law said that they will get their son married once again. I had to come back to my parent’s home with my 3 small daughters.”
Mrs. Jamila Nasir enthu

In a statement smuggled from Israel’s Negev (Naqab) desert prison camp and released to the public on Friday, the prisoners said, “We appeal Pope Benedict XVI to intervene to resolve our case and end our suffering.”
The prisoners said they welcomed the visit, and also called on the Catholic clergy t

Gujranwala: March 5, 2009. On 2nd March 2009, A Muslim group attacked on Christians at Sangowali Aroop Village District Gujranwala. The attackers were armed with weapons and wooden rods. A Christian lady named Shakeela aged 35 years died with critical injuries while 28 got injured; three of them are

According to Nigerian news source, the Guardian, the violence against the Christians in the city of Bauchi started on February 20, 2009, following a disagreement between two factions of an Islamic sect known as Izala.
The factions had agreed to hold prayer at the mosque at different times. When on

It was 8.00 PM of March 2, 2009, the silence of village like town of Mangowala Aroop was broken by bursts of guns and Christian worshipers were falling with bullet injuries on Church floor to protecting their Church pastor The news of attack on Church broke out in village Aroop and other nearby vil

vide case registered vide First Information Report (FIR) No. 33 dated 1st March 2009, under section 295 B & C with police station Theh Shaikham District Kasur, both have been arrested and presently detained in the local police station.
7 team members from CLAAS and SLMP visited village Maloki fo

he was human rights activists but only known in Church clergy circles came in lime light with announcement of Justice among other 15 Muslims for Lahore High Court by Pakistan Peoples Party. His name is Samshaid Rehmatullah, Does it sounds like a Christian? Let us know more about Judge Jamshaid Rehma

Nazir Bhatti urged Christians to observe prayer day on March 15, 2009, for safety of millions of Christians in Pakistan because threat of Muslim extremists is on head.
“It is very surprising that a secular party like Awamai National Party ANP which governs NWFP is implementing Islamic Sharia in Swa

The letter of appeal to Secretary General UN Mr. Ban Ki Moon was released for press to Pakistani Newspapers also to bring facts on record.
Nazir Bhatti said, “The threats from Christian tools of establishment to prevent me to file this petition with UNO are never counted by me because Christians ca

Noshi, a 23 years old Christian girl, resident of village Chak 190-9L in district Sahiwal was kidnapped by gang of Muslims in year 2008, who broke in their home and looted 50,000 Rupees and then took away Noshi with them on gunpoint.
The father of Noshi was also present in home who was put on hold

Leading the march of the Christian community, J. Salik handed over the quilts to the Member National Assembly from the war-torn Swat region, Syed Allaudin Aurangzeb who sent the loaded truck to the scenic Swat valley to help the affectees including women, children and elderly people.
It may be rec

When the widow's Christian neighbors flooded the streets to protest, the police returned and fired on the crowd, sparking a three-hour standoff.
Police Inspector Muhammad Afzal Lalli, a radical Muslim, was leading a drug bust in Sargodha, Pakistan, when two suspects hid in the home of a Christian w

Benedict said the Roman Catholic Church requires ''all Catholics, especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society'' to promote life from conception to death during what Vatican officials called a "brief" meeting Wednesday with Pelosi, the Italian news agency ANSA