Gunmen kill 4 nuns and 12 others in Yemen
Four Catholic nuns from the late Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity were among 16 victims killed by six unidentified gunmen at a home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden. The...
View ArticlePriest’s crucifixion rumours false, says India’s Foreign Minister
Mathew Uzhunnalil, left, the older brother of kidnapped priest Thomas Uzhunnallil, talks with their cousin, V.A. Thomas, in the family home in Kerala state, India.World Watch Monitor UPDATE (4 April)...
View ArticleCriticised for not securing release of kidnapped priest in Yemen, Indian...
Fr Tom UzhunnalilArchdiocese of Bombay India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come under fire from his political opponents for his failure to secure the release of an Indian Catholic priest kidnapped...
View ArticleAs a Christian woman in Yemen, life is about survival
Life in Yemen is not easy for a woman. Especially if you are a woman who has decided to become a Christian. Yemen is a tribal country, where leaving Islam is seen as a betrayal of that tribe,...
View ArticleChurch relieved as Yemen confirms kidnapped Indian priest is ‘alive’
The Church in India, especially in the southern state of Kerala, is breathing a sign of relief after Yemen confirmed to India’s foreign minister that Catholic missionary Father Tom Uzhunnalil,...
View ArticleIndian priest released after 18 months’ captivity in Yemen
Fr Tom Uzhunnalil spent 18 months in captivity in Yemen. (Archdiocese of Bombay) India’s Church, government and politicians from across the political landscape have all expressed relief and joy over...
View ArticleFr Tom: my faith got me through 18 months’ captivity
The Indian missionary priest released this week after 18 months as a hostage in Yemen has said his Christian faith helped him to survive the ordeal. Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, a priest in the Salesian order,...
View ArticleFather Tom releases book about 18 months’ captivity in Yemen
The Indian priest who spent 18 months in captivity in Yemen has released an autobiography. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil (right) presented his new book at a meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on...
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