https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Catholic_Church_in_YemenCatholic Church in Yemen - Revision history2026-07-31T22:32:18ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Yemen&diff=102316&oldid=prevHembram Bakhul at 23:52, 29 June 20212021-06-29T23:52:45Z<p></p>
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The '''Catholic Church in Yemen''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]]. There are three thousand Catholics and four parishes in the country, which forms part of the [[Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia|Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia]] which also includes several other countries in the [[Arabian peninsula]].<ref name="numbers">{{cite web | author=Catholic World News Editors | date= 1998-10-12| title= Holy See sets relations with Yemen| work= Catholic World News | url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=8625&repos=4&subrepos=1&searchid=969858|access-date=2013-02-05}}</ref> Most Catholics are temporary foreign workers living in the country with their families.<ref name="work">{{cite web | author=Catholic World News Editors | date= 2004-11-24| title= Yemeni leader to meet with Pope| work= Catholic World News | url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=33643&repos=4&subrepos=1&searchid=969858|access-date=2013-02-05}}</ref><br />
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==Persecution==<br />
Three nuns who were members of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] were killed in 1998.<ref name="nuns">{{cite web | author=Catholic World News Editors | date= 1998-07-28| title= Yemen Plans Security For Missionaries| work= Catholic World News | url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=8179&repos=4&subrepos=1&searchid=969858|access-date=2013-02-05}}</ref> In the same year, Yemen and the [[Holy See|Vatican]] established diplomatic relations.<ref name="numbers"/> On 4 March 2016, terrorists of uncertain affiliation [[Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden|attacked]] a Catholic home for the elderly in Aden, killing sixteen people including four missionary sisters of the Missionaries of Charity and some local Muslim workers.<br />
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==Churches==<br />
There are four Catholic parishes in Yemen:<br />
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* Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Hodeidah<br />
* [[St. Francis of Assisi Church, Aden]]<br />
* [[St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Sana'a]]<br />
* St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church, Taiz<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/local/arab0.htm<br />
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