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SYRIA: A decade on – kidnapped archbishops still missing
Ten years after two archbishops went missing, Churches across the Middle East have chosen the date of…
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SUDAN: Priests and people endangered by Khartoum chaos
Priests and Church workers are among civilians fearing for their lives as armed forces struggle for control…
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UKRAINE: Ministering to those caught in the crossfire
Returning from war-torn Ukraine, a Catholic charity’s project head has said priests and Sisters caring for those…
![Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui Diocese in the Central African Republic.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0413CAR-scaled.jpg)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Work together to prevent religious wars
Preventing conflicts in parts of Africa from becoming religious wars is achievable, according to a cardinal from…
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NIGERIA: Good Friday turns black
More than 35 people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt died on Good Friday when gunmen opened fire at…
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RWANDA’S calvary points the way to resurrection
A Rwandan priest ministering to prisoners convicted of genocide has said that the mystery of Good Friday…
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HOLY LAND: Churches warn of rise in anti-Christian incidents
Church leaders in the Holy Land have spoken out about an increase in anti-Christian incidents – including…
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PAKISTAN: Justice is served… at last
A Christian man in Pakistan, who languished in jail for nearly eight years, has been released after…
![Archbishop Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso of Kaduna](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0328Nigeria-scaled-e1680011827117.jpg)
NIGERIA: Archbishop optimistic about new Nigerian president
A senior Nigerian bishop has expressed hopes that the country’s incoming president Bola Tinubu will promote inter-religious…
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HAITI: Second kidnapped priest released
Religious superior: ‘When will this spate of violence end?’ The head of a Catholic religious order in…
![Funeral Mass of Seminarian Michael Nnadi at the Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0322Nigeria-e1679497605105.jpg)
NIGERIA: Killed for teaching kidnapper the ‘Our Father’
Two Catholic students seized from a seminary in north-west Nigeria have opened up about the events that…
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PAKISTAN: Raped at gunpoint
A Catholic girl in Pakistan, who was raped and forced to convert by her kidnapper, has spoken…