
IRAQ: New archbishop offers new hope
A Catholic priest formerly in London has returned to Iraq to become a bishop ministering to a…

INDIA: Christians fear rise in violent attacks after Hindu nationalist shock election win
India’s religious minorities fear for their future after BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) Prime Minister Narendra Modi won…

IRAQ & UK: Save us from disappearing – Archbishop asks Foreign Secretary
An Iraqi Church leader has met UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and called on the British Government…

Changes to India’s constitution would spell disaster for Christians
The situation for India’s Christians would decline sharply if the constitution was changed to make the country…

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Masterplan of misery for country
The Gulf states – with the complicity of Islamic nations in Africa – stand accused of masterminding…

INTERNATIONAL: Help us re-build – Iraq Archbishop’s plea to UK Government
An urgent appeal to the UK Government has come from a leading bishop in Iraq desperate for…

NIGERIA: The new world centre of Islamist extremism, priest tells Vatican
The slaughter of 130 Christians within six weeks – as a part of a surge in violent…

NIGERIA: State governor accused of colluding in ‘genocide’
Priest calls for action after death of up to 130 people within six weeks A state governor…

PHILIPPINES: ‘Extremists want to divide faiths and provoke chaos in the country’, says cleric
Bomb attacks on Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines are part of an attempt to incite…

NIGERIA: ‘I watched as my husband was butchered to death’
The full horror of Islamist militia violence in north-east Nigeria has been revealed in a Christian woman’s…

SYRIA: A homecoming never to be forgotten
Father Andrzej Halemba (ACN Middle East Projects Coordinator) and Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf…

PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi Supreme Court decision could be good news for all blasphemy victims
By refusing to back down in its decision to acquit Asia Bibi, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has sent…