
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…

UK/INTERNATIONAL: ‘Religious freedom is more than being free to worship’
• Webinar next week will address the vital human rights issue of our age…

PAKISTAN: Head imam backs Christian nurses in blasphemy crisis
Muslim leaders in Pakistan sided with Christians accused of blasphemy in a move that has defused a…

DRC: ‘The government doesn’t care’
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is guilty of either weakness or complicity, according…

INDIA: ‘We are paying the price for poor COVID-19 precautions’
A bishop in India has said that failure to put in place proper COVID-19 restrictions caused the…