PAKISTAN: Church backs programme protecting Pakistan’s girls
A fresh initiative is about to be launched to tackle Pakistan’s growing crisis of Christian and Hindu…
IRAQ: Hope is stronger than fear
Pope Francis’ historic trip to Iraq has given the country’s suffering Christians – who survived a genocide…
IRAQ: A symbolic meeting of peace and hope
The meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani – one of Iraq’s most influential spiritual leaders…
IRAQ: To give youth hope and a future
Just days ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, a leading Catholic charity has announced a £1.3million…
PAKISTAN: For his sake, end the misery
• Brother of Shahbaz Bhatti speaks on 10th anniversary of his death • Peter Bhatti calls for…
IRAQ: Charity celebrates Pope’s help for Iraq
On the eve of the Pope’s visit to Iraq, a Catholic charity has revealed that key projects…
IRAQ: Christians are not foreigners
Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq next week is an opportunity to show that Iraqi Christians are not…
BURKINA FASO: Nothing will stop us from living our faith
Catholics in Burkina Faso are undaunted by Islamist persecution – according to their bishop – in spite…
PAKISTAN: Our little angel is back home
A 12-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan shackled and enslaved by a man who made her marry him…
MALI: Renewed call for Sister’s release after 4 years’ captivity
Four years after a religious Sister in Mali was seized by Islamist extremists linked to Al Qaeda,…
NIGERIA: Government apathy is stoking kidnappings ‘disease’
The Nigerian government lacks the will to tackle an epidemic of kidnappings gripping the country – according…
PAKISTAN: Girl of 12’s life as chained slave
The father of a 12-year-old Christian girl – kidnapped, raped, shackled hand and foot, and forced to…