
VATICAN/INTERNATIONAL: Pope issues video prayer appeal for persecuted Christians
Pope Francis has hailed the courage of the martyrs in a video about Christian persecution. In the…

MOZAMBIQUE: ‘Hunger, thirst and disease will soon follow’
The misery caused by jihadist insurgency in northern Mozambique is unprecedented – but the situation may deteriorate…

HAITI: Six Brothers and a teacher kidnapped
Armed assailants abducted six religious Brothers and a teacher in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital on Friday (23rd February)…

BURKINA FASO: 15 killed in attack on Catholic church
Fifteen worshippers died and two were injured in an attack by suspected Islamist militants during Sunday prayers…

UK/UKRAINE: Two years on – binding the wounds of unimaginable suffering
Desperate Ukrainian families torn apart by the war look to the Church for support – but the…

HAITI: Bishop injured by blast in stable condition
A Haitian bishop injured in an explosion last Sunday (18th February) is in a stable condition after…

HOLY LAND: Crisis for Christians lurches from bad to worse
Christians in the Holy Land are struggling to put food on the table and pay their household…

UKRAINE: Families still enduring constant ‘psychological torture’
In the run-up to the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine, one of the country’s most…

MOZAMBIQUE: Clergy forced to flee and churches burnt as violence intensifies
Fresh attacks by Islamist insurgent groups in Cabo Delgado Province, northern Mozambique have forced priests, religious Sisters…

HOLY LAND: 30 Christians dead in Gaza since war started
According to Church sources, 30 Christians have lost their lives due to the conflict in Gaza. Out…

BURKINA FASO: Emergency aid for Christians forced out of their homes by jihadists
Hundreds of Christians expelled from their village in Burkina Faso are receiving vital help from a Catholic…

SYRIA: Situation ‘intolerable’ a year after earthquake, bishop says
On the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake, a bishop in Aleppo called for an end to…