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UK: Bishop to join second leg of ACN’s Scottish pilgrimage
A bishop will be joining the pilgrimage of a leading Catholic charity that retraces the steps of…
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Raped Christian girl, 3, suffering “psychological distress”
A Christian girl in Pakistan who was raped, aged three, by the husband of her school principal,…
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UK/INTERNATIONAL: Cross-party parliamentary support for ACN’s petition
The petition of a leading Catholic charity, calling on the UN and UK government to tackle the…
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BURKINA FASO: Extremists hunt Christians
A leading Catholic charity has received anonymous reports that terrorists in Burkina Faso have instigated a killing…
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ETHIOPIA: ‘We saw much suffering – many were killed’
A Catholic missionary, unnamed for security reasons, has given a dramatic account of his escape from the…
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INDIA: Reconversion campaign terror
Christians in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are living in fear after radical Hindutva activists…
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UK/INTERNATIONAL: Act now to end sexual violence against Christian women
A leading Catholic charity is today (Tuesday, 26th October) launching a petition calling on the UK government…
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PAKISTAN: ‘The Pakistan government support the Taliban’
The government in Pakistan celebrated the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan, a senior priest has said,…
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LEBANON: Patriarch – Christians will be extinct if West does nothing
Amid a spiraling economic crisis and an upsurge in violence, a Middle Eastern Patriarch says that if…
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NIGERIA: Kidnapped seminarians released
Three seminarians kidnapped from their college chapel in Nigeria were released last night (Wednesday 13th October), prompting…
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NIGERIA: Three seminarians abducted from chapel
Three seminarians from Nigeria’s conflict-stricken Middle Belt were kidnapped from their college chapel last night (Monday) and…
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MALI: Free at last
After more than four and a half years of captivity at the hands of Malian jihadist insurgents,…