![The Rosary Sisters School in Gaza after bombing.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1109HolyLand-e1699548285163.jpeg)
HOLY LAND: Christian homes and Catholic school among buildings destroyed
More than 50 Christian family homes and a Christian school have been destroyed, and other Christian buildings…
![Maronite Archbishop Youssef Souei of Tripoli Diocese in Lebanon.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1107Lebanon-scaled-e1699373208578.jpg)
LEBANON: Archbishop calls for end to Gaza war to prevent wider conflict
With the war escalating in Gaza, a Lebanese archbishop has called on the international community to urgently…
![The Melkite Church building destroyed during the earthquake.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/0207Syria02-e1675779225886.jpeg)
SYRIA: Charity announces fresh aid for earthquake-struck areas
Repairs to schools, churches, monasteries, a kindergarten and a youth centre are to go ahead after a…
![A a summer camp for young people in Lebanon.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0920Syria_Lebanon-e1695225700903.jpg)
SYRIA/LEBANON: Mass exodus threatens future of Christianity
Desperate Christians in Syria and Lebanon “no longer have confidence in their country” and “there is no…
![Young people at the Jesuit Regional Youth Days in Lebanon in 2019.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0718Syria_Lebanon-e1689674115730.jpg)
SYRIA/LEBANON: Charity helping young people experience the joy of World Youth Day
Young Christians afflicted by war and poverty in Syria and Lebanon will be able to participate in…
![Attendees at the Ankawa Youth Meeting. (© Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0705Iraq.jpeg)
IRAQ: Christian youth festival provides hope for future of Church
More than 1,800 young Iraqi Christians from more than 60 parishes across seven archdioceses took part in…
![Bishop Jude Arogundade (without mask), visiting a survivor of the attack on St Francis Xavier's Catholic Church.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1116International_2.jpg)
INTERNATIONAL/UK: Report shows persecution of Christians is getting worse
Jihadists and nationalists are driving increased persecution of Christians around the world – according to a report…
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UNITED KINGDOM/MIDDLE EAST: ‘Christian persecution never ended in Middle East’
AN Archbishop and Sister from the Middle East issued a stark warning to UK Parliamentarians that Christians…
![With picture of Father Jad Chlouk (Image © Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/0630Lebanon-scaled-e1625068163692.jpg)
LEBANON: ‘Five minutes to zero hour’
A priest grappling with Lebanon’s crisis has appealed for action to safeguard the future of the country’s…
![Syriac Catholic Archbishop Nathaniel Nizar Semaan of Hadiab-Erbil.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/0109Iraq_Archbishop-Nizar-Semaan-e1578578354478.jpg)
IRAQ: Fresh violence threatens our future
A bishop from Erbil – where Iran carried out missile attacks – has warned that any continuation…
![Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos William of Assiut (© ACN)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1120Egypt-e1574246627402.jpg)
EGYPT: After decades of persecution ‘things are getting better’ for Christians
Despite the ongoing threat of extremist attacks in Egypt, the situation is improving for the country’s Christians…
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INTERNATIONAL: Countdown to death of Christianity in parts of Middle East ticking ever louder
The countdown to Christianity’s disappearance in parts of the Middle East is ticking ever louder – and…