Tag: monks

Martyrs of the 20th century: the massacre of Tibhirine

In 1995 alone, terrorists form the Islamic Armed Forces operating in Algeria murdered nearly 20 priests and nuns.

Around 7,000 EUR stolen from a Benedictine convent in Italy

Police and military forces are still investigating.

Man arrested for torturing six monks out of hatred against the church

The man did not give any information at first, but in the meantime has agreed to cooperate and confessed to the crime.

Vietnamese monks are the victims of a land-grab

The goal of these actions is expel the monks and leave the local Catholic community of 70,000 people without clergy.

Monastery attacked by armed Islamists; monks left homeless in Mozambique

The hospital in a nearby village under construction was destroyed.