(Bratislava) Fr. Titus Zeman (1915-1969), due to be beatified on 30 September 2017, has become better known among the faithful in Slovakia, mainly thanks to a new website on his life launched by the Salesians. Information about his life, martyrdom and
 
“The Church in Europe is a church that deeply believes in the European continent. It loves that continent, so steeped in history, traditions, cultures, populations that wish to keep their own faces and to join forces in a spirit of unity and communion, for a continent that has its own
 

Fr Ludwig Pichler S.J., R.I.P. - in English

Fr Ludwig Pichler, S.J., one of the 20th century’s greatest figures in the field of sacred music, passed away earlier this morning in the infirmary of the Jesuit home for retired priests in Rome, at the age of 101. Born in Bosnia on July 15th, 1915, ordained a priest at the church of
 
More dead bodies, already 250, cover the sea bed of the Mare Nostrum. But another death, promptly forgotten, added on to the list of “migration martyrs”, which stirs our conscience even more: the young asylum-seeker from Mali who committed suicide from the raised walkway of Milan’s train station. All these deaths, at sea and
 
“Although the Dayton Agreement has put an end to the bloodshed, it has not brought justice and equality to all citizens of the country; rather, it has given rise to an ongoing political conflict between national stakeholders and politicians that is making the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina more unstable and without prospects”.
 
(Brussels) “Nowadays, Europe is at a crossroads: it can get back together or break up. The Catholic Church too considers this a key, fundamental time for building peace and solidarity between different peoples and states”. Father Olivier Poquillon o.p., general secretary of Comece
 
“May we continue to advance together on our journey towards the same Eucharistic table, and grow in love and reconciliation”. Pope Francis expressed this hope in the message he sent to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, to mark the “Day of Friendship” between Copts
 
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has said he hoped his visit to Egypt, carried out with “God’s help,” could be
 
Pope Francis' trip to Egypt was marked Friday, April 28, by a significant step forward in ecumenical relations between the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches.
 
Archbishop of Lahore, Francis Sebastian Shaw has stated that the persecution of Christians is a matter of human rights abuses. Archbishop while talking to Fox News said that in order to curb the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, church members need
 
(Vatican Radio) In just one week’s time, Pope Francis takes off on a journey to the Egyptian capital Cairo, where he will visit the prestigious al-Azhar centre of Islamic studies.  Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the Orthodox world, is also expected to join the Holy Father there, alongside
 
In his Easter message, Pope Francis recalls the massacre of refugees bombed yesterday while they were fleeing Aleppo. "The signs of the Passion" of Jesus to draw "on his way, the way of life." "The Risen Shepherd is our traveling companion of those who are
 
Paschal message - Beloved spiritual brethren and children, Christ is risen, truly He is risen. Christ is risen and the East is bleeding. Christ is risen and our people of all faiths pay with their own lives the cost exacted from selfish interest.
 
The Coptic Orthodox Church has cancelled the reception of condolences from public figures at Easter services on Sunday, Pope Tawadros announced today during his sermon as he led the Good Friday mass at Cairo's St Mark's Cathedral.
 
Jesus’ Sepulchre, fully restored, will welcome thousands of pilgrims and faithful arriving from world countries to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem. This year the date of April 16 will be the same for all Eastern and Western Churches, a propitious
 
Pope Francis expresses "prayer and solidarity" for the victims killed in Westminster. A young Muslim  apologizes to the victims because terrorists used his religion to cause such violence. Islam "has been taken hostage." Police release the name of the dead attacker: Khalid Massoud, 52, born in Britain. Perhaps he is
 
1,112 Catholic pastoral care workers have been killed in the period 1990-2016. According to figures released by Fides, 28 people were killed in 2016, six more compared to the previous year: 14 priests, 9 women religious, 1 seminarian, 4 lay Christians. For the eighth year running the highest number was
 
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides)
- The militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Daesh) have withdrawn from the surroundings of Hassaké. For years, they had positions in less than twenty kilometers from the capital of the province, in northeastern Syria. Now they are at least sixty kilometers away.
 
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides)
- The Holy Sepulcher risks collapsing if nothing is done to shore up its unstable foundations. The alarm was launched by the same team of archaeologists and experts who have just successfully completed the restoration of the Edicule (a small structure within the Church of
 
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – Starting from March 2017, an Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will celebrate the Divine Liturgy for the Orthodox faithful living in Ankara once a month, and will do so by
 
From the beginning of the conflict in Donbas, the Church of the Holy Theotokos in the village of Vilcha, Vovchansk district, Kharkiv region, have taken care of internally displaced persons (IDPs). The main categories of people who moved from the
 
According to her, the purpose of the rally is to show that, if women earlier demanded equal rights with men, then now “women’s main right is now at risk—the right to bear a healthy child.”
 
On February 14-15 the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, , returned to visit the eastern region of the Country. The population is on its last legs, the bombings never ceased despite the Minsk Agreements. “A teacher broke out in tears in front of me and
 
(Vatican Radio) The Apostolic Administrator for the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., has sent a letter to the people of the diocese at the beginning of the season of Lent.
 
A beheaded statue of Mary, a painting of Christ thrown to the ground and crushed, sacred images used for target shooting, desecrated and ravaged cemeteries, graves and tombstones; shrines, monasteries, churches, homes and shops set ablaze. The terrorists of the Islamic State (Isis) left a
 
Duarte Da Cunha (*)
The harmonious agreement on the need to pursue a shared commitment, along with the joint recognition of the fruitfulness of the European Catholic Orthodox Forum, was given concrete expression with the decision to hold a sixth session in 2018.
 
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A note released by the communications office of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Greek-Melkite reports that Grègoire Patriarch Laham III continues to carry out his role, is preparing to launch "new projects" and plans to "double his
 
Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The summit convened in Yerevan (Armenia) by Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to try to resolve the increasingly tangled dispute in place concerning the next election of the Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, reached a
 
From the very beginning of the project as part of the Initiative “Pope for Ukraine”, from 1 January to 28 February 2017, the medical office of Caritas-Spes-Zaporizhia received nearly 800 people from among the IDPs.
 
For the second time Government forces, supported by the Russians, have wrested the historic city from the Islamic state. In Geneva, the delegation from Damascus accuses the opposition of holding  the peace talks "hostage". The anti-Assad front looks to Trump and the new US administration after Obama's "catastrophic" policies