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PAKISTAN: Parents of ‘abducted’ girl issue impassioned plea
THE parents of Huma Younus – the girl at the centre of an abduction, forced marriage and…
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PAKISTAN: Court rules men can marry underage girls if they have had first period
Underage girls can be married as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle, a High…
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NIGERIA: Last Nigerian seminarian held by kidnappers has been killed
ACN News Briefing Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has been killed by his abductors. He was 18 years…
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PHILIPPINES: #RedWednesday set to be official date in Church calendar
Catholics across the Philippines have received an official request from their bishops to mark #RedWednesday, after the…
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CAMEROON: The new frontier for Boko Haram attacks
• Terror group ‘is like the beast of the Apocalypse’…
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BURKINA FASO: Offering mercy amid the madness
RELIGIOUS Sisters in Burkina Faso have told how they are risking their lives to provide food and…
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NIGERIA: Four kidnapped seminarians are finally named
FOUR seminarians kidnapped in Nigeria by armed intruders have been named by a leading Catholic charity which…
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NIGERIA: Government are Islamic fundamentalists without bombs, says bishop
The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop…
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EGYPT: After decades of persecution ‘things are getting better’ for Christians
Despite the ongoing threat of extremist attacks in Egypt, the situation is improving for the country’s Christians…
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SYRIA: Murdered Syrian priest was gunned down for his Faith
An Armenian-Catholic archbishop has spoken out about the murder of a priest of his Church which ISIS…