October 12, 2011

POPE ON EGYPT: Pope Benedict says he was deeply saddened by the violence in Egypt that killed 26 Christian protesters and spoke of his concern over attempts to undermine the peaceful co-existence between the nation’s different communities.....
IRAQ INSIGHT: We shine the spotlight on Iraq and its dwindling Christian community in the run-up to the first anniversary of the bloody church siege in Baghdad that killed over 50 Christians and discover what has changed since that attack......
SAVING SOMALIA: As the Church steps up its own relief operation to help the victims of the famine and drought in the Horn of Africa, we examine the mistakes that were made by the international community in the run-up to the current crisis and ask whether the necessary lessons have been learnt?....
NO TO EXECUTIONS: We talk to the Catholic lay group St. Egidio that campaigns against the death penalty about the progress made to convince nations to join the abolition bandwagon.....