Link to article China’s “zero Covid” policy has a dedicated following: the millions of people who work diligently toward that goal, no matter the human costs. In the northwestern city of Xi’an, hospital employees refused to admit a man suffering from chest pains because he lived in a medium-risk district. He died of a heart…
By Jonah McKeown Catholic News Agency Jan 8, 2022 Link to article A prominent Nigerian bishop has reportedly been ordered in for questioning by a state security agency, after the prelate criticized Nigeria’s government for complicity in the face of kidnappings and other persecution of the country’s Christians. Bishop Matthew Kukah, who leads the Sokoto…
International Catholic Jurists Forum Hosts International Discussion of the Relevance of Saint Joseph for Our Times NAPLES, FL / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2021 / Catholic experts gathered to study the challenges of fatherhood in the Catholic Church and society and to explore the model of St. Joseph as a response, in light of Sacred Scripture,…
Parwana Malik was sold for the equivalent of £1,600 to a stranger by her father After an outcry, a US-based charity helped secure her freedom two weeks later Her buyer Qorban has been forced into hiding after a backlash in his community Jack Newman and Rachael Bunyan – Daily Mail – December 3, 2021 Link…
Link to original article Link to related twitter post In December 2020, the United States’ (US) State Department designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), finding that the government was responsible for engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.” The rather belated decision marked the first time Nigeria had been…
