Vatican City, Oct 27, 2011 ( CNA ).- Pope Benedict XVI has asked for prayers and appealed for aid for the victims of Sunday?s earthquake in Turkey. "At this time, our thoughts turn to the people of Turkey hard hit by the earthquake, which has caused...
Liuigi Padovese, president för den turkiska grenen av den katolska biståndsorganisationen Caritas Internationalis, mördades i förra veckan. Biskop Padovese attackerades i sitt hem i staden Iskenderun. Attacken skedde i torsdags och Padoveses chaufför misstänks för...
Rome, Italy, Jun 30, 2010 ( CNA ).- Speaking about the June 3 murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese, the president of the Bishops' Conference of Turkey, a missionary priest working in the country said the bishop's death "is a call to unity in the...
Vatican City, Jun 14, 2010 ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Following the recent murder of a bishop in Turkey, the Holy Father has appointed a new apostolic administrator of the apostolic vicariate of Anatolia. Läs mera...
Vatican City, Jun 5, 2010 ( CNA/EWTN News ).- On Saturday, a telegram was sent on behalf of the Holy Father expressing his sorrow for the death of Bishop Luigi Padovese. The prelate, who was the apostolic vicar of Anatolia, was murdered in the Turkish...
Aboard the papal plane, Jun 4, 2010 ( CNA/EWTN News ).- In his remarks to journalists during his flight to Cyprus today, the Holy Father clarified that the theme of his apostolic visit to the country has nothing to do with the recent killing of a Catholic...
Den katolske biskopen och presidenten för Katolska biskopskonferensen i Turkiet Luigi Padovese har knivskurits till döds i Turkiet . Ännu obekräftade uppgifter säger att polisen misstänker prästens chaufför för mordet. Det är den statliga nyhetsbyrån...
Istanbul. Vilken etikett ska sättas på de massakrer som begicks på kristna armenier i början av 1900-talet? Sveriges riksdag beslöt i torsdags att kalla det för folkmord. Ett beslut som gladde många armenier runtom i världen, medan de flesta turkarna skakar...
It’s been another difficult year for Christians in Turkey and it is finishing just as it began, with problems. Early in December, three Muslims entered the Meryem Ana Church, a Syriac Orthodox church in Diyarbakir, and confronted the Reverend Yusuf Akbulut, according to a Dec. 15 report by Compass...