“"The Congolese people continue to be killed without the world protesting," says Bishop Sébastien Muyengo of Uvira (DRC). The 64-year-old bishop has just published a new book advocating for the creation of an international criminal tribunal for the DR Congo, as he explains in this interview”
“Pope Francis has called Sister Luisa Dell'Orto, a 65-year-old Italian Catholic missionary who was killed during a robbery last weekend in Haiti, a martyr. "Sister Luisa made a gift of her life to others, even to martyrdom," ”
“Fathers Javier Campos, 79, and Joaquín Mora, 80, were killed on June 20 in Cerocahui, Tarahumara, while they were trying to protect a man who ran into the church in search of refuge while he was fleeing from an armed individual.”
“Fathers Javier Campos, 79, and Joaquín Mora, 80, were killed on June 20 in Cerocahui, Tarahumara, while they were trying to protect a man who ran into the church in search of refuge while he was fleeing from an armed individual.”
“"Given the news of the robbery in the convent of San Francisco in the city of Santa Cruz and the violent murder of Friar Wilberth Daza Rodas OFM, our Church is in mourning and dismayed by the events that have occurred", read the Bolivian Episcopal Conference statement published on April 17 ”
“A Rwandan immigrant awaiting trial for the arson of the cathedral in Nantes turned himself in to police for killing Father Maire. Media reported police sources said early indications were that Emmanuel Abayisenga had beaten Father Maire to death. Abayisenga, 40, a Catholic,”
“The Catholic bishops' in Mexico have sided with indigenous communities in the southern after recent atrocities and expressed concern over the violence. The state of Chiapas, witnessed a spate of violence, including the murders of an Italian volunteer July 11 and a catechist a few days earlier.”