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IRAQ: Mosul – Barely 40 Christians home
Priest’s struggle to revive Church in city post-Daesh (ISIS)…
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UK: ACN welcomes vital review into persecution of Christians
Aid to the Church in Need (UK) has acknowledged the importance of an independent report into…
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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…
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UKRAINE: Major Archbishop – Faith is triumphing over fear
Despite ongoing crisis and conflict in Ukraine, the Church is thriving – according to a Church leader…
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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…
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NIGERIA: State governor accused of colluding in ‘genocide’
Priest calls for action after death of up to 130 people within six weeks A state governor…
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PHILIPPINES: ‘Extremists want to divide faiths and provoke chaos in the country’, says cleric
Bomb attacks on Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines are part of an attempt to incite…
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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…
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SYRIA: House repair plan offers fresh hopes to Christians
An action plan to enable thousands of Christians to return to their homes in the Syrian city…
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BURKINA FASO: Fear of jihadists grows after priest murdered
Father Antonio Cesar Fernández (© Aid to the Church in Need) The murder of a…