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SRI LANKA: Cardinal – ‘President failed to warn of Easter bombings’
The leader of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has suggested that the current president let the…
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UKRAINE: Church helping crisis-hit country
As growing numbers of Russian troops amass on the border of Ukraine, the leader of the country’s…
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SYRIA: From Syria with love, prayers and solidarity
• ACN project partner’s heart-felt coronavirus message…
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NIGERIA: ‘People are dying daily’ – Bishops lead peaceful protest against extremism
Amid a surge in Islamist violence, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) yesterday (1st March) led…
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UK: Archbishop’s plea for suffering Christians
• Helping persecuted Christians “is not somebody else’s business: it’s our business” – Archbishop John Wilson…
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UK: Country sees red over persecution of Christians and other faiths
• UK officials back #RedWednesday for first time…
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SYRIA: Murdered Syrian priest was gunned down for his Faith
An Armenian-Catholic archbishop has spoken out about the murder of a priest of his Church which ISIS…
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SYRIA: Priest gunned down
Armenian Catholic priest Father Hovsep Bedoyan has been murdered today (Monday, 11th November 2019) at the entrance…
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CAR: Bishops call for peace as another priest shot dead
© Fr. Aurelio Gazzera A member of the rebel militia group Séléka The Vicar…
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ZAMBIA: Striving together to build the Church
Zambia’s Church is flourishing thanks to the zeal of catechists helping dedicated priests – both working together…
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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: A Catholic exodus
Cardinal: ‘It is harder for Catholics to defend basic rights.’ Up to 10,000 Catholics are leaving Bosnia-Herzegovina…
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CUBA: The chapel fell, but not the Church
A leading Catholic bishop in Cuba has described the damage in the parts of his diocese devastated…