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MADAGASCAR: Island Bishop warns of encroaching Islamism
Islamic missionaries in Madagascar are exploiting the people’s crippling poverty to make converts, a local bishop has…
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IRAQ: Christians ‘close to extinction’
Christianity in Iraq could now be on the brink of completely disappearing – according to one of…
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CAMEROON: Women maimed as Boko Haram strikes terror
Islamist extremists have cut off the ears of women seized during a night-time raid on a rural…
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PHILIPPINES: Courage and faith celebrated as cathedral reopens
The reopening of a bomb-blasted cathedral in the Philippines, six months on from terror attacks which killed…
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BURKINA FASO: Stop support for jihadists – says bishop
A bishop in Burkina Faso has called on the international community to stop the flow of weapons…
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IRAQ: New archbishop offers new hope
A Catholic priest formerly in London has returned to Iraq to become a bishop ministering to a…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Masterplan of misery for country
The Gulf states – with the complicity of Islamic nations in Africa – stand accused of masterminding…
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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…
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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…