PAKISTAN: ‘I was tortured, threatened with rape and death – but I’ll never deny Jesus’
A Catholic woman held for eight years on death row in Pakistan for false blasphemy allegations said…
UKRAINE: UK charity offers another lifeline to Ukraine refugees
More than 200 displaced women and children in Ukraine will continue to receive food and shelter –…
NIGERIA: Was kidnapped priest tortured to death?
With contradictory rumours circulating about Father Joseph Akete Bako’s fate more than a month after his kidnapping,…
IRAQ: School of hope and recovery
Iraq’s Christians will, on Sunday, pass a momentous milestone on the way towards recovery from genocide when…
IRAQ: Batnaya’s Resurrection day
One Christian community in Iraq had added cause for rejoicing this Easter when their church opened for…
SRI LANKA: Cardinal – ‘President failed to warn of Easter bombings’
The leader of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has suggested that the current president let the…
UKRAINE: Charity announces second large wave of aid for Ukraine
A leading Catholic charity has revealed a second big injection of help for Ukrainians hit by the…
UKRAINE: Fresh lifeline for Lviv convents caring for refugees
Heroic Sisters in Ukraine helping some of the country’s more than six million IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)…
SOUTH SUDAN: ‘Being shot helped me suffer with the people’
A bishop in South Sudan has opened up about his ordeal of being shot last year, saying…
CAMEROON: ‘Boko Haram kill the men first’
Boko Haram militants are conducting night-time raids on villages in Cameroon and killing all the men, according…
UKRAINE: Brazilian priest shelters refugees in his parish
A missionary priest from Brazil, who has refused to leave his Ukrainian flock, is sheltering 30 refugees…
UKRAINE: Ukraine bishops – ‘Mary will help us’
Bishops across Ukraine have enthusiastically welcomed tomorrow’s consecration of the country and its neighbour to the Immaculate…