![The meeting of Syrian archbishops and members of ACN with Italy’s Undersecretary of State Alfredo Mantovano.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0727Syria-e1690464583268.jpg)
SYRIA: Archbishops demand West lift sanctions crippling Christian community
Syriac-Catholic leaders told a member of the Italian government that the economic sanctions against Syria are crushing…
![Father Jorge Naranjo, a Combonian priest with his community in Sudan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0726Sudan-e1690384816206.jpg)
SUDAN: Christians facing choice between fleeing and hardship
Christians are fleeing armed violence in Sudan and those remaining are facing extreme difficulties, according to a…
![1160 First Holy Communions at the parish of Makamba in Burundi.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0725Burundi-scaled.jpg)
BURUNDI: Church promoting peace to prevent another genocide
With peace remaining “fragile” in Burundi and memories of past genocides still vivid, more needs to be…
![Father Charles Igechi (© Secretary of the Archbishop of Benin City Father Francis Morah)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0724UK_Nigeria-e1690210820233.jpg)
UK/NIGERIA: Friend of murdered priest pays heartfelt tribute
A UK-based priest has paid tribute to “an extraordinary soul” from Nigeria who was gunned down barely…
![Emergency aid to the Diocese of Mukachevo in Ukraine.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0720Ukraine_a-e1689853076517.jpeg)
UKRAINE: Diocese providing vital aid to those traumatised by war
A bishop from western Ukraine has given a heart-rending account of his desperate struggle to help the…
![Arson attack on the Catholic-majority village Khopibung, Kangpokpi District. Manipur on 12th June – 44 houses were torched and the church was destroyed.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0720India-e1689858063288.jpeg)
INDIA: Fresh video highlights Manipur atrocities
The vicious persecution in India’s Manipur state – where hundreds of churches have been destroyed – has…
![Young people at the Jesuit Regional Youth Days in Lebanon in 2019.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0718Syria_Lebanon-e1689674115730.jpg)
SYRIA/LEBANON: Charity helping young people experience the joy of World Youth Day
Young Christians afflicted by war and poverty in Syria and Lebanon will be able to participate in…
![With picture of Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0717Iraq-scaled.jpg)
IRAQ: Cardinal to leave Baghdad after presidential decree
Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako has announced he will “withdraw from the patriarchal seat in Baghdad”…
![Auxiliary Bishop Maksym Ryabukha of Donetsk.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0713Ukraine-scaled-e1689244212224.jpg)
UKRAINE: Bishop travelling 30,000 miles to help the faithful amid war
A Ukrainian bishop has travelled more than 30,000 miles (50,000 km) in seven months to offer pastoral…
![St Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0712Pakistan-scaled-e1689166656402.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Tabitha – My new life
A Pakistani Christian nurse, who narrowly escaped being lynched by a mob of hundreds after being accused…
![Bishop Yousaf Sohan of Multan, Pakistan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ACN-20230706-149290-scaled-e1689005332636.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Tensions rise after burning of Qur’an in Sweden
Several churches in Pakistan have been forced to close after Islamist extremists declared they are seeking revenge…
![Father Ihnatij Moskalyuk providing sustenance for the local people.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0707Ukraine-e1688717483226.jpeg)
UKRAINE: Monks staying in Kherson despite misery and devastation
Two monks in war-torn Kherson, southern Ukraine, have spoken about their decision to remain and minister to…