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UK/INTERNATIONAL: Report to offer ‘hope’ for world’s persecuted people
A long-awaited landmark report assessing religious freedom in every country on earth is to be launched…
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IRAQ: 23,000 returned – and counting
Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq has given fresh impetus this Easter to a movement of Iraqi…
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MOZAMBIQUE: ‘How many more must die before the world acts?’
A priest has expressed fears over the fate of the faithful who fled Palma, in Mozambique’s Cabo…
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MOZAMBIQUE: Fear and panic as Daesh ‘seize’ town
A surge in Islamist violence in Mozambique – resulting in claims that Daesh (ISIS) has captured the…
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UK/IRAQ: Join us in prayer for Iraq
An online devotional service for Holy Week – enriched by some of the finest sacred music –…
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PAKISTAN: Abducted girls – this nightmare must stop
• Kiran Masih, 17, becomes the latest girl forced to convert and marry…
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UK/LEBANON: Virtual event serves up jolly good show
Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, friends of a leading Catholic charity came together with families…
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MOZAMBIQUE: Food for the hungry
Emergency food parcels are being sent by a leading Catholic charity to displaced people in Mozambique struggling…
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UK/LEBANON: Join us in breaking bread with the needy
A bishop has urged people to join him this Sunday at a virtual lunch involving a charitable…
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SYRIA: Stop blocking vital aid
An urgent call to end the block on vital aid to people in sanctions-crippled Syria has come…
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PAKISTAN: Church backs programme protecting Pakistan’s girls
A fresh initiative is about to be launched to tackle Pakistan’s growing crisis of Christian and Hindu…