Former Swiss Guard injured in embassy blast
A former long-serving commandant in the Swiss Guard was the victim of the parcel bomb sent to the Swiss embassy on December 23. Known only as Andreas C, the 53-year-old lost part of his left hand in...
View ArticlePope Francis says ‘world seeks to hide’ persecution of Christians
Condemning deadly terrorist attacks against a Catholic and an Anglican church in Pakistan, Pope Francis said “the world is trying to hide” a wave of anti-Christian persecution in various parts of the...
View ArticlePakistani Church deplores suicide blast at Quetta hospital
The Catholic Church in Pakistan has condemned a suicide blast at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, where at least 70 people — many of them lawyers and journalists — were killed and more than 120 injured....
View ArticleEgypt’s president says church attack was a suicide bombing
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Monday that a suicide bomber caused the blast that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel adjacent to St Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of...
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