INDIA: COVID aid restores society’s Faith in Church
The Church’s vital role in providing emergency help for those hit by COVID-19 is rebuilding community relations…
PAKISTAN: Charity’s taxi service of solidarity and hope
The family of a Christian girl in Pakistan who was tethered with a rope and shackled round…
PAKISTAN: Extremists accused of ‘inciting’ millions to hunt down Shagufta and Shafqat
Islamists from leading religious parties in Pakistan stand accused of inciting millions to kill a Christian couple…
INTERNATIONAL: Support grows as Benefactors’ Day approaches
Messages of thanks to the supporters of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) have…
UK/PAKISTAN: Priti Patel to meet ACN and MP about Maira
The Home Secretary has told the House of Commons that she will meet a leading Conservative MP…
PAKISTAN: Raped, punched, kicked and hit with a pistol – but undaunted
A young Christian woman in Pakistan has described how she struggled for her life when a man…
SYRIA: Sanctions – Syria’s new Calvary
A leading archbishop has hit out at international sanctions on Syria which are crippling the country and…
ETHIOPIA: ‘Genocide is happening in Tigray’
The targeting of young people, indiscriminate killings and widespread sexual violence – including the rape of nuns…
DRC: Trapped between bandits and a volcanic eruption
Tens of thousands of people are risking assaults by armed groups as they evacuate the city of…
HOLY LAND: Pray that peace will hold
The international president of a leading Catholic charity has expressed sorrow at the violence that has killed…
DRC: ‘Killed in their hospital beds’
A bishop from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given a harrowing account of the Islamist…
BRAZIL: Food aid for poor hit worst by Corona-crisis
A Catholic charity is giving a vital life-line to some of the poorest families in Brazil’s Amazonia…