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January 6, 2020

Following terrorist attack, Kenyan Catholic leaders sound alarm

Smoke rises from a military base in Lamu County, Kenya, Jan. 5, 2020, after the Somali extremist group al-Shabab said it attacked the base. One American service member and two U.S. defense contractors were killed.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Catholic leaders in Kenya are sounding an alarm after a terror attack killed three Americans and forced local people to flee.

Published in International
August 28, 2019

Indonesian police arrest suspects linked to 2018 church bombings

A member of the police bomb squad unit examines the site of a May 13, 2018, explosion outside Santa Maria Catholic Church in Surabaya, Indonesia. Ucanews.com reported Aug. 27 that arrests were made in East Java and that all those arrested were members of the Islamic State-affiliated group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian police have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have been linked to last year's bombings at three churches in Surabaya, the country's second-largest city.

Published in International
July 22, 2019

Pakistani Christian looks to Canada for help after death threats

Fr. Michael Kelly (pictured) has been supporting Faraz Pervaiz, who has been in hiding with his family since being charged with blasphemy in Pakistan.

BANGKOK, THAILAND -- A plea has been issued for Canada to rescue a Pakistani Christian refugee who is in hiding after a viral video calling on jihadi fighters to kill him swept through Bangkok's refugee community.

Published in Canada