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MOZAMBIQUE: ACN sends emergency aid after fresh jihadist horror
A leading Catholic charity is sending an emergency aid package of €100,000 (£89,375) to Mozambique after extremists…
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PAKISTAN: Arzoo – Despair turns to hope
The arrest of a man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan is being hailed…
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UK: Petition to save Maira tops 3,600 signatures
So far, more than 3,600 people have signed a Catholic charity’s petition calling on Prime Minister Boris…
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SYRIA: ‘A sign of hope amid the darkness and despair’
Two Franciscan friars, the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, have revealed the details of their lives…
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IRAQ: Rescuer of ancient books from Daesh destruction nominated for award
A bishop in Iraq has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for saving…
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NIGERIA: Government failure has turned Nigeria into ‘a boiling pot’
On the 60th anniversary of the independence of Nigeria, a leading Catholic bishop has said that government…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi – ‘Please help kidnapped girls’
Asia Bibi – the first woman to be sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan – has…
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PAKISTAN: Maira receives death threats
A 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan has received death threats from the man she accuses of rape…
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PAKISTAN: Escape from the house of hell
• 14-year-old Maira tells of being drugged, raped and blackmailed…
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BURMA: Fundamentalists deliberately destabilise the country, says bishop
Fanatics control the economy of Burma (Myanmar) by fostering religious conflict to deter outside investors, said a…
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INTERVIEW: Burma needs religious leaders’ prophetic voices and moral courage to build peace and justice
The Religions for Peace organisation issued an appeal signed by the religious leaders of Burma (Myanmar) ahead…