Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Church Algeria’

Caritas Algeria announces government ordered “complete and definitive” closing

Thursday, September 29th, 2022

Caritas Algeria has announced the “complete and definitive” closing of its operations in the country, in response to an Algerian government directive. This “complete and definitive” closure was announced in a communiqué from the Archdiocese of Algiers, signed by Archbishop Paul Desfarges, Emeritus of Algiers and President of the Algerian Diocesan Association. The announcement states Read more

Build a Church without claiming privileges

Thursday, February 17th, 2022
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The newly installed archbishop in the capital of the overwhelmingly Muslim country of Algeria is calling on Catholics not to claim any right other than to exercise duties and responsibility as citizens. Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, during his homily, likened the Algerian Church with the Gospel episode of the Wedding at Cana. He said that the Read more