PAKISTAN Muslims level Christian graves with tractors in Sialkot
Those responsible claim as their own the land where the historic cemetery stands. The authorities have not yet intervened. However,
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TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe punishes ‘underground’ religious formation for children
Further measures introduced after 2016 ban on private religious schools. Government fears spread of extremist ideas. Young people who went
CENTRAL ASIA A new Catholic Bishops Conference of Central Asia is born
It will gather the Catholic communities of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Kazakh Church consecrated to the special protection of
IRAQ – EGYPT Like the Pope, al-Azhar’s Grand Imam set to visit Iraq for peace and dialogue
Scheduled for November, the visit includes stops in Baghdad, Mosul, Erbil and Najaf. A face to face with Ali al-Sistani
RUSSIA The Russian Orthodox against the ‘claims’ of Constantinople
Patriarch Kirill claims there are those who are determined to destroy the traditions of Orthodoxy and accuses the Ecumenical Patriarchate of
PAKISTAN – AFGHANISTAN Paul Bhatti: minorities in Pakistan will pay the price for the Taliban in Kabul
The brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Christian minister of Minorities assassinated ten years ago, looks at the repercussions of the
BELARUS New Minsk bishop appointed, while Belarusian Catholics defend themselves
Mgr Iosif Staneuski, former auxiliary bishop of Grodno and secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Belarus, replaces Archbishop Kandrusievich,
SYRIA – TURKEY Turkish planes destroy a Christian village in Al-Hasakah Governorate
The Turkish air force last night bombed positions held by the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), destroying an Assyrian Christian village
INDIA Syro-Malabars to observe ‘uniform rite’ from 28 November
Despite strong opposition from some of the clergy and faithful, the Synod of Syro-Malabar bishops has chosen to move forward
UKRAINE Bartholomew in Kiev for the feast of independence
The Patriarch of Constantinople in Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of separation from the Soviet Union. Protests by pro-Russian faithful