By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, June 22, 2022: Pope Francis on June 22 he was praying for the victims of an earthquake that struck Afghanistan earlier in the day. As many as 1,000 people were reportedly killed when the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. Another 1500 people areContinue Reading
Islamabad, Oct 23, 2021: The government in Pakistan celebrated the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan, a senior priest has said, stressing that “the brotherhood of the two countries” means they are prejudiced against Christians and other non-Muslims. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Mushtaq Anjum,Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis addressed the Vatican financial scandals in a sit-down radio interview that aired Wednesday, saying he hoped that Cardinal Angelo Becciu is innocent of the charges against him. “I hope with all my heart that he is innocent. Besides, he was a collaborator of mine and helpedContinue Reading
Rome: Five members of the Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from an orphanage in Afghanistan arrived August 25 at Rome’s international airport. A Catholic priest and the sisters arrived on one of two evacuation flights from Kabul that landed in Rome carrying a total of 277 people. FatherContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome: Afghanistan is on everyone’s mind. A tormenting presence. Should we be crying or speaking up for her? As the president of the country Ashraf Ghani fled and Taliban forces took over the city of Kabul, the despondence and extreme fear of the people of Afghanistan, except forContinue Reading
New Delhi: As Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, one of the country’s most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi on August 22 said the current situation is “horrible” and the need of the hour is to document what’s happening in the region for the world to witness these testing times. TheContinue Reading
Washington: Afghanistan’s terrified Christians are bracing for a new round of persecution in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Christian leaders and aid organizations warn. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,” one Afghani Christian leader told theContinue Reading
By Jose Torres Jr, LiCAS.news Manila: Christians in Afghanistan have expressed fear over an uncertain future under Taliban rule, with their leaders saying it is just a matter of time before attacks would start. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,”Continue Reading
Kabul: At least two people have been killed and 12 wounded after gunmen fired into a crowd of people who had taken down an Afghan Taliban flag in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, sources say. A black-on-white Taliban flag that was waving at a roundabout in Jalalabad, located aboutContinue Reading
Christians are being urged to pray for people in Afghanistan as persecution is likely to rise due to the Taliban takeover. On Aug. 16, as the Taliban confirmed it had 90 per cent of government buildings under its control in Kabul, thousands gathered at the city’s international airport in aContinue Reading