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BLOG: John’s Iraq Diary (Watch Video)
In March 2022, ACN’s John Pontifex travelled to Iraq on a fact-finding trip to give our generous…
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BURKINA FASO: We’re just waiting for the next attack
A leading clergyman from Burkina Faso has lifted the lid on terrorist activities in the country, including…
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UKRAINE: ‘Russia is bombing schools and hospitals’
A bishop in Ukraine has condemned the shelling of schools, hospitals and other non-military targets by Russian…
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NICARAGUA: ‘The Church is being silenced’
A leading Catholic charity is urgently calling for prayers for Nicaragua amid a dramatic escalation of efforts…
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UK: ‘Boris’ successor must tackle FORB abuses’
In the build-up to the UN’s International Day to Commemorate the Victims of Acts of Violence based…
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BLOG: Abducted Christian girl freed in Pakistan
As next Monday (22nd August) is the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based…
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NIGERIA: Archbishop – New terror attacks represent “really serious threat”
Fresh terrorist attacks could pose the gravest danger Nigeria’s capital has ever seen, according to a leading bishop…
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UKRAINE: Charity’s aid for war-stricken Ukrainians passes €5 million
A Catholic charity has announced that its aid helping the suffering people of Ukraine has now topped…
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NIGERIA: Buhari is to blame – says bishop
Nigeria’s President Buhari and his government must take the blame for the country’s crisis, according to a…
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BURKINA FASO: 95% of villages lack priests after terror attacks
An explosion of Islamist terrorism in Burkina Faso has left one diocese in a dire situation, with…
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NIGERIA: Priest ‘brutally murdered’
Catholic leaders in Nigeria have announced the “gruesome murder” of Father John Mark Cheitnum – the fourth…
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NIGERIA: 68 or more Christians in one state killed within two months
At least 68 Christians have been killed – with many more abducted or displaced – in the…