
IRAQ & UK: Cardinal – Save Christian communities in Iraq
The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has issued an urgent call to rebuild persecuted Christian…

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…

PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi flies to freedom
Asia Bibi’s flight to Canada has been hailed as “the news we had all been hoping and…

UK: Bishop leading FCO Review shocked by scale of problem.
The Anglican Bishop leading an independent review into Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) support for persecuted Christians…

USA: ACN wins ‘Path to Peace Award’
Aid to the Church in Need is to receive an award from the Vatican’s permanent observer to…

VATICAN CITY: Pope video calls for prayer for persecuted Christians
Pope Francis has made an impassioned plea on screen, calling on people to pray for persecuted Christians.

VATICAN CITY: Pope’s gift goes in to overdrive for charity
Money from the sale of a Lamborghini donated by the Pope will help Iraqi Christians forced from…

BURKINA FASO: Fear of jihadists grows after priest murdered
Father Antonio Cesar Fernández (© Aid to the Church in Need) The murder of a…

PAKISTAN: New demands for release of death-row Christian accused of blasphemy
Like Asia Bibi, Sawan Masih was sentenced to death – despite problems with the testimony against him…

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…

PHILIPPINES: Church calls for prayer and solidarity following bomb attack
An urgent appeal for prayers for the victims of yesterday’s terrorist attack on a cathedral in the…

PAKISTAN: More than 200 cases of Christians on blasphemy charges
There have been more than 200 cases of Christians in Pakistan charged with blasphemy – the controversial…