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  VATICAN: Pope Calls on Christians to Pray for World Conflicts

  VATICAN CITY, July 22, 2014 (CISA) -Pope Francis has encouraged the faithful around the world to pray for “the situations of tension and conflict that persist in different parts of the world, especially in the Middle East and in Ukraine.” The pontiff was speaking during his weekly Sunday Angelus address on July 20 at St Peter’s Square where he lamented the fleeing of the last Christians from the Iraqi city of Mosul, who were reportedly told by ISIS forces last week to either convert to Islam, pay the Jizya tax or leave, reported CNA. “They are persecuted; our brothers are…

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  THE GAMBIA: Activists Mark 20 Years of Iron Fisted Repression

  BANJUL, July 22, 2014 (CISA) -The Gambian government must abolish the laws and iron fisted practices that have resulted in two decades of widespread human rights violations, Amnesty International said as it joined forces with other human rights groups for a global day of action marking 20 years since President Yahya AJJ Jammeh’s seizure of power. Activists across the world will hold protests and public events July 22  to raise awareness about the dire human rights situation in The Gambia, where many live in fear of arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance. In The Gambia, the anniversary is historically celebrated…

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  CAMEROON: Church Leads Prayer for Peace

  YAOUNDE July 22, 2014 (CISA) -Catholics in Cameroon gathered on Saturday July 19 in churches across the country to pray for peace in the African nation, whose northern region is subject to the violence of Boko Haram. The Islamist extremists, who for years have terrorized neighbouring Nigeria and have killed thousands of Christian civilians, are now committing violence across the border in Cameroon. They recently made international headlines with the kidnapping of two Italian priests and a Canadian religious sister. The three were eventually released but the bishops of Cameroon say these violent events and others are clear signs that…

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  SUDAN: Nation Bans Construction of New Churches

  KHARTOUM, July 22, 2014 (CISA) -The Sudanese Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments announced that the government will not issue permits anymore for the construction of new churches in the country. Sudanese Christian leaders, according to Fides News Agency have criticized the statement. Minister Shalil Abdallah told the Khartoum based El Jareeda newspaper this month that the existing churches are enough for the Christians remaining in Sudan, after the secession of South Sudan in 2011. He also pointed out the fact that majority of the inhabitants of South Sudan are Christians, while the number of Christians in Sudan is small….

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  MALAWI: Modern Challenges of Faith Demands New Evangelization Strategies – Professor

  LILONGWE, July 22, 2014 (CISA) -The Director of School of Post Graduate Studies at Catholic University of Eastern Africa (UEA) Rev Professor Clement Majawa has urged the AMECEA Bishops to embrace the New Evangelization strategies in order to cope with the challenges of Faith the world is experiencing. Presenting his paper at the 18th AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Lilongwe Malawi Prof Majawa said that the new evangelization is a timely opportunity to read and interpret correctly and righteously the signs of the times and then work with Catholic Church’s methodology towards true, deeper, and profound catechesis. “People’s faith lacks honesty,…

• VATICAN: Pope Calls on Christians to Pray for World Conflicts

• THE GAMBIA: Activists Mark 20 Years of Iron Fisted Repression

• CAMEROON: Church Leads Prayer for Peace

• SUDAN: Nation Bans Construction of New Churches

• MALAWI: Modern Challenges of Faith Demands New Evangelization Strategies – Professor

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