The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:07:41 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope Francis praises witness of Pakistani Catholic, 'servant of God' killed in 2011 /home/international/item/28529-pope-francis-praises-witness-of-pakistani-catholic-servant-of-god-killed-in-2011 /home/international/item/28529-pope-francis-praises-witness-of-pakistani-catholic-servant-of-god-killed-in-2011 VATICAN – Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday.]]> International Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:22:54 -0500 New Quebec law about state neutrality on religion deemed "discriminatory" /item/26242-new-quebec-law-about-state-neutrality-on-religion-deemed-discriminatory /item/26242-new-quebec-law-about-state-neutrality-on-religion-deemed-discriminatory QUEBEC CITY – The new Quebec law on state neutrality on religion is under fire, as many deem it "discriminatory" against some Muslim women.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Canada Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:25:40 -0400 Report: Global persecution of Christians at historic high /home/international/item/26220-report-global-persecution-of-christians-at-historic-high /home/international/item/26220-report-global-persecution-of-christians-at-historic-high New York City, N.Y. - Anti-Christian persecution is “worse than at any time in history” and in many cases genocide and other crimes against humanity “now mean that the Church in core countries and regions faces the possibility of imminent wipe-out,” says a new report from Aid to the Church in Need.]]> International Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:48:45 -0400 Iraqi-Kurdish war could be deadly for Christians, warns adviser /home/international/item/26156-iraqi-kurdish-war-could-be-deadly-for-christians-warns-adviser /home/international/item/26156-iraqi-kurdish-war-could-be-deadly-for-christians-warns-adviser LIVERPOOL, England – Two millennia of Christianity in Iraq could be wiped out completely if war breaks out between Iraqi forces and Kurdish nationalists, warned a U.S. adviser to the Chaldean Catholic Church.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:34:54 -0400 Syria mission a humanitarian necessity: Chaldean eparch /item/19961-syria-mission-a-humanitarian-necessity-chaldean-eparch /item/19961-syria-mission-a-humanitarian-necessity-chaldean-eparch

OTTAWA - The Chaldean Catholic Eparch of Canada says Canadian military intervention against the Islamic State is a humanitarian necessity to protect defenceless people in Iraq and Syria.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:30:00 -0400 Syrian bishop urges Pope Francis to raise arms supply issue in Turkey /home/international/item/19276-syrian-bishop-urges-pope-francis-to-raise-arms-supply-issue-in-turkey /home/international/item/19276-syrian-bishop-urges-pope-francis-to-raise-arms-supply-issue-in-turkey DUBLIN -- The president of Caritas in Syria has appealed to Pope Francis to use his Nov. 28-30 trip to Turkey to raise the issue of the ongoing supply of arms being sent across the Turkish border to rebel factions in northern Syria.

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