The principal and a security guard at Bethlehem Girls High School in Lagos died Sunday while helping students escape a burning building following the explosion of a gas pipeline.At least 17 people died as a result of the March 15 explosion, which occurred after a truck
As well as causing death, injury, displacement destruction and fear, a year of intense fighting in Syria’s northwest province has put education, and the future, of one and a half million children under severe attack.The international charity “Save the Chil
As much of the world faces quarantines, social distancing, and “shelter in place†orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, Catholics have faced unexpected challenges in accessing - and offering - the sacraments of the Church.Catholics in some places impacted b
Bernard Preynat, a former priest of the Archdiocese of Lyon, was convicted and sentenced by a civil court Monday for the sexual abuse of minors.He abused dozens of minors between 1971 and 1991, and he had been found guilty by an ecclesiastical tribunal last year.
A Catholic priest has died in Italy from coronavirus, and local Italian media reported Sunday the death of several others. No priests have previously been reported dead from the global pandemic, which has struck Italy more gravely than nearly any other country in the world.
A Ukrainian Catholic bishop has urged Christians not to forget their suffering brethren in that country. With global attention focused on the coronavirus outbreak, Bishop Stepan Sus said Christians in Ukraine are still enduring a years-long war with no end in sight.â
While Christian schools in Iraq continue to suffer, a non-profit that promotes positive engagement in the Middle East is aiming to provide computers to Assyrian Christian schools.In partnership with the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, the Philos Project is trying to ra
Mohammed Hamayal, a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, was shot and killed by Israeli troops Wednesday during a clash in the West Bank.He was killed during a March 11 Palestinian protest of Israeli settlers near Beita, some 40 miles north of Jerusalem.
This week the Israeli government announced that, from March 12, any foreign tourist who enters the country will be placed in a 14-day quarantine to halt the spread of COVID-19. The announcement affected thousands would-be pilgrims planning to visit the Holy Land, and resulted in
With an end to hostilities nowhere in sight in Syria, the World Food Programme says the situation, especially in the northwest, is desperate.In Syria, there is no end to the conflict, and no end to the suffering that has been inflicted on its people.&nbs