Turkey: an attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul leaves one dead. Monsignor Bizzeti: “Anti-Christian attack”

This morning, 28 January, the Church of Santa Maria in Sariyer, in the suburb of Büyükdere, in Istanbul, was attacked…

Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia. Father Ilgit: “Our hope is to be able to serve as a bridge of fraternity”

Yesterday Pope Francis appointed Father Antuan Ilgit Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia (Turkey). Fr Ilgit was born…

Turkey. Msgr. Bizzeti’s congratulatory message to President Erdogan: “Do not act alone but in partnership with all the realities present in the country”

Contacted by telephone by SIR, Msgr. Paolo Bizzeti, Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia and president of Caritas Turkey, says President Erdoğan’s…

Council of Europe. “Concerns for fairness of the election process” in Turkey. Voting on 14th May

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: German Catholic Church, special collection to support relief efforts for victims on second Sunday of Lent

Caritas Turkey: ghost towns and displaced persons are the new emergency

In this emergency situation the Turkish Bishops’ Conference has made it its mission to “intervene in places where no one…

Turkey earthquake. “Father Antuan Ilgit (Iskenderun): “We are staying here with the people as captains of a ship”

Father Antuan Ilgit, Vicar General of the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, reports from Iskenderun (Turkey): “Like a captain who does…

Syria earthquake: Aleppo’s quake survivors

A feeling of despair prevails among Aleppo’s earthquake survivors. They walk among the rubble of their homes, trying to salvage…

Turkey and Syria earthquake: after the quake, fighting over aid blocked by regime and rebels. Alarm over orphans.

After the earthquake, there is fighting over aid involving the Assad Regime and the rebels who govern the Idlib area.…

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: 100 thousand euros from the Croatian Bishops’ Conference and two truckloads of aids. Caritas campaigns in Bosnia Herzegovina and Bulgaria

Msgr. Kmetec (president of the Turkish bishops): “It’s a catastrophe. We need your help”

“I’m worried about the children, I’m worried about the women, I’m worried about the hopeless situations. Thousands of people have…