SYRIA: Bishop – Western sanctions are counter-productive
Western sanctions against the Syrian government have plunged the country’s people into abject poverty but have left…
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,…
BURMA: Please, no more bloodshed
As a dramatic military coup plunges Burma (Myanmar) into chaos – with troops patrolling the streets and…
PAKISTAN/UK: PM’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief receives Pakistan girl’s asylum petition
Fiona Bruce MP, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, has received a…
SYRIA: Please don’t forget us
Coronavirus is causing the West to forget the people of Syria who are still in desperate need…
NIGERIA: Government apathy is stoking kidnappings ‘disease’
The Nigerian government lacks the will to tackle an epidemic of kidnappings gripping the country – according…
ETHIOPIA: Surge in violence leads to up to 1,000 deaths
Up to 1,000 people – including priests and other church leaders – have been killed in a…
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…
NIGERIA: Catholic priest murdered
Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped and killed a priest returning from Mass in the latest act…
DR CONGO: Bishop’s plea for an end to the slaughter
Politicians must act now to stop a cycle of massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
IRAQ: ‘Pope’s visit will help us to stay’
IRAQ’S Christians have said that Pope Francis’ planned visit there gives them hope that they do have…