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14 Feb 2011 – After the 18-day “revolution” of public protests that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Feb. 11, the path ahead for the nation is a blank slate, with a wide range of political and economic paths possible, according to an expert on Egypt at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Read more...
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14 Feb 2011 – Trinitarian Father Alfonso Serna, who spent the first year after his 2009 ordination ministering in Egypt, said he is not sure whether a regime change in Egypt will help the minority Christian population there. Read more...
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11 Feb 2011 – The election of a new archbishop for a church with 6.5 million Catholics could hold the key to determining if or when Pope Benedict XVI may meet Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. Read more...
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11 Feb 2011 – The Catholic Church in India is asking the federal government to launch a new commission that could help improve conditions of Christians in India. Read more...
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10 Feb 2011 – CNEWA’s Msgr. Robert Stern speaks to National Catholic Register about the dangers facing Egypt’s Christians as unrest continues. Read more...
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10 Feb 2011 – The city of Bethlehem has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site by the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Read more...
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10 Feb 2011 – A Catholic student in the tumultuous Egyptian capital of Cairo on a Fulbright Scholarship has been using Twitter to record her impressions of the growing popular uprising calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Read more...
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08 Feb 2011 – Pope Benedict XVI prayed for a peaceful outcome of the political unrest in Egypt, and the Vatican spokesman said he hoped the changes in the region would lead to greater religious freedom. Read more...
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