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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…
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SRI LANKA: Helping Sri Lanka’s Church survive the crisis
With Sri Lanka’s priests and Sisters struggling to survive, a Catholic charity has offered a vital lifeline…
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PAKISTAN: Archbishop’s fresh plea for abducted and abused minors
A leading bishop in Pakistan has called on the international community to do more to address the…
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SYRIA: ‘Hunger is the new war’
A Sister ministering to persecuted Christians in Syria has warned that “a big bomb” of hunger is…
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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…
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UKRAINE: Welsh knights come to aid of Ukraine refugees
Religious Sisters in Ukraine now have cookers, washing machines and other essential items they need to care…
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NIGERIA: ‘I shielded them as a hen shields her chicks’
A priest in Nigeria has given a first-hand account of how he tried to save his parishioners…
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SYRIA: 22 projects for 2022… so far
Syria’s Christians have welcomed a leading Catholic charity’s raft of 22 vital fresh projects, supporting Christians who…
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BLOG: “Sisters go to the dark places where others cannot” in Syria and Lebanon
Two Sisters speak to ACN about the situation in Syria and Lebanon – and the vital work…
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BLOG: A day in the life of a priest in Kyiv
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is currently providing Mass stipends to support priests in Ukraine…