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BRAZIL: Food aid for poor hit worst by Corona-crisis
A Catholic charity is giving a vital life-line to some of the poorest families in Brazil’s Amazonia…
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NIGERIA: Leah Sharibu turns 18 in Islamist captivity
A Nigerian priest has issued a heartfelt message of solidarity in support of a Christian woman who…
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UNITED KINGDOM: 70,000 decades prayed for peace
Young people across the UK are on course to complete more than 70,000 decades of the Rosary…
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UK/INTERNATIONAL: ‘Religious freedom is more than being free to worship’
• Webinar next week will address the vital human rights issue of our age…
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PAKISTAN: Head imam backs Christian nurses in blasphemy crisis
Muslim leaders in Pakistan sided with Christians accused of blasphemy in a move that has defused a…
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MOZAMBIQUE: City gripped by fear of new terror attacks
Panicking people in northern Mozambique are living in constant fear of fresh attacks from extremists – according…
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DRC: ‘The government doesn’t care’
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is guilty of either weakness or complicity, according…
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INDIA: ‘We are paying the price for poor COVID-19 precautions’
A bishop in India has said that failure to put in place proper COVID-19 restrictions caused the…
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UKRAINE: Country ‘expects’ papal visit
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has said that Ukraine is hoping for a visit…
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ETHIOPIA: ‘The people are traumatised’
Hundreds lie dead in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region according to a secret inside account, which described priests…
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SYRIA: Churches pray on anniversary of bishops’ abduction
Eight years after two bishops were kidnapped by Islamist extremists in Syria, the country’s Christians renewed prayers…
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MOZAMBIQUE: ‘Stop the barbarism’
The Catholic bishops of Mozambique have condemned the escalating violence in the Cabo Delgado region in a…