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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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NIGERIA: Nigerian bishops back protest against police
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have thrown their weight behind a nationwide youth-led protest against police brutality and corruption.
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LEBANON: Fresh help for Beirut
Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced another massive programme of aid to…
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UK/LEBANON: 100km for 300,000 people made homeless
A benefactor of a leading Catholic charity has raised more than £2,700 for the people of Beirut…
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MOZAMBIQUE: Fresh aid for families fleeing from jihadists
Trauma counselling and pastoral care for families escaping jihadists in Mozambique are being provided by the UK…
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INTERNATIONAL: Pontiff backs charity’s rosary campaign
Pope Francis has given his public support to a charity’s rosary campaign, calling on children around the…
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PAKISTAN: Seven wasted years
The head of a Catholic human rights’ organisation in Pakistan has hit out at the country’s justice…
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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…