Catholic Church in Yemen

The Catholic Church in Yemen is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

Christians as a group make up 1.6% of Yemen’s population. Most of these are Orthodox Christians.

In 2020, there were around 40,000 Catholics in the country, which included one priest and eight nuns.[1] There are also approximately 2,500 Catholics who are temporary foreign workers or refugees.[2][3]

The Catholic Church in Yemen forms part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia.[4]

Persecution

Three nuns who were members of the Missionaries of Charity were killed in Hodeida 1998.[5] In the same year, Yemen and the Vatican established diplomatic relations.[4] On 4 March 2016, the Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden occurred, where terrorists of uncertain affiliation attacked a Catholic home for the elderly in Aden,[6] killing sixteen people including four missionary sisters of the Missionaries of Charity and some local Muslim workers.[7]

It is reported that at Christians and other religious minorities are often discriminated against when attempting to access humanitarian aid.[8]

Churches

There are four Catholic parishes in Yemen:

See also

References

  1. ^ Catholics And Culture website, Retrieved 2023-07-05
  2. ^ The Association of Religion Data Archives website, Retrieved 2023-07-05
  3. ^ "Yemeni leader to meet with Pope". Catholic World News. 2004-11-24. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  4. ^ a b "Holy See sets relations with Yemen". Catholic World News. 1998-10-12. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  5. ^ "Yemen Plans Security For Missionaries". Catholic World News. 1998-07-28. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  6. ^ "Gunmen Kill 16 at Nursing Home in Yemen Started by Mother Teresa". The New York Times. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Here are the faces of the nuns who were martyred in Yemen". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. ^ US State Dept 2022 report


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