Catholic News & Perspectives

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Christians and Indigenous minorities protested publicly against the beating of a minority woman and the burning of her house in Gobindganj, in the northern Gaibandha district of Muslim-majority Bangladesh. On Jan. 3, a mob led by a local political leader tried to grab the land of 50-year-old Philomina Hasdak, but the […] The post Christian woman hospitalized after attack as Christians demand rights in Bangladesh first appeared on OSV News.

 (OSV News) — With northern Gaza Strip’s last major hospital lying in ruins following a raid by Israeli forces, the director of Caritas Jerusalem said that with limited medical resources and basic supplies, Palestinians in the ravaged territory are running out of time. “It’s a slow death, one way or another,” Anton Asfar, secretary general […] The post As last major hospital lies in ruins, people of Gaza dying ‘slow death,’ Caritas rep says first appeared on OSV News.

PARIS (OSV News) — With places fully booked at Paris’ iconic cathedral for months ahead, Notre Dame is not only back to its former glory but also to its full concert schedule. After 10 days of solemn reopening Masses, the cathedral’s choir La Maîtrise Notre Dame de Paris gave its first sacred music concert in the […] The post Notre Dame’s first concert a ‘moment of grace’ for young composer of Marian choral piece first appeared on OSV News.

AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Although Christian leaders in Syria are trying to stay positive about the new Islamist interim government in Damascus, others are pointing to worrying concerns about what lies ahead for the country’s diverse population. Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met with Bishop Hanna Jallouf, the apostolic vicar of Aleppo and […] The post Christians in Syria ask whether their rights will be preserved under new Islamic rule first appeared on OSV News.

MINSK, Belarus (OSV News) — Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valožyn, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus Dec. 30 in a move that highlights the growing persecution of Catholics in the Russia-aligned country. The priest, who had been on trial since Nov. 25 in a closed session […] The post Catholic priest in Belarus convicted of treason, sentenced to 11 years in penal colony first appeared on OSV News.