![People taking shelter in the Mekhitarist School in Aleppo after the earthquake.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/0208Syria-e1675853239968.jpeg)
SYRIA: Charity appeals for help for earthquake victims
DONATE HERE Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)…
![The Melkite Church building destroyed during the earthquake.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/0207Syria02-e1675779225886.jpeg)
SYRIA: Fearful families seeking shelter as aftershock shakes Aleppo
People in northern Syria who have lost their homes in the earthquake are being offered shelter in…
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SYRIA AND TURKEY: Prayer appeal for earthquake victims
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is appealing for prayer amid alarming reports of two earthquakes…
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DRC: Turn the ‘river of blood’ into an ‘ocean of reconciliation’
POPE Francis’s visit this week to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is aimed at transforming a…
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SPAIN: Appeal for prayer following attack on churches in Spain
A CATHOLIC charity with links to the churches in Spain where a man was killed on Wednesday…
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DRC: Priest: The world has abandoned our terrorised people
A SENIOR Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has denounced what he describes as…
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IRAQ: New Iraq convent is a milestone in Christians’ return
A Catholic charity has hailed the re-opening of a convent in a village devastated by extremists as…
![Father Jacques Mourad (Syria) during the night of witnesses in Barcelona giving his testimony of faith. (November 2017)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/0117Syria-scaled-e1673975015970.jpg)
SYRIA: From prisoner of jihadists… to archbishop
The appointment of a priest who was a prisoner of Daesh (ISIS) as an archbishop in Syria…
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NIGERIA: Priest burnt to death in presbytery
ONE priest was burned alive and another suffered gunshot wounds after attackers stormed a priests’ house yesterday…
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BRAZIL: Bringing God’s word to young Amazonians
CATHOLIC charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has distributed a new translation of its Child’s…
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VATICAN: ‘One out of every seven Christians is experiencing persecution’, says Pope
During his annual speech to diplomats, Pope Francis warned of increasing intolerance towards Christians – even in…
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MOZAMBIQUE: ISIS takes responsibility for deadly New Year attacks
ISLAMIST militant group ISIS (Daesh) has claimed responsibility for attacks on two Christian villages in northern Mozambique…