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PAKISTAN: Arzoo’s marriage is anulled
ACN News Briefing On 11th November, the marriage of Christian girl Arzoo Raja was annulled, after she…
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IRAQ: ACN funds COVID-19 oxygen machine
An oxygen machine is to be despatched to COVID-hit northern Iraq after a leading Catholic charity agreed…
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LEBANON: 100 days on, the rebuild begins
One hundred days after the explosion in Beirut on 4th August, a leading Catholic charity has revealed…
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MOZAMBIQUE: ACN sends emergency aid after fresh jihadist horror
A leading Catholic charity is sending an emergency aid package of €100,000 (£89,375) to Mozambique after extremists…
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PAKISTAN: Arzoo – Despair turns to hope
The arrest of a man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Catholic girl in Pakistan is being hailed…
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UK: Petition to save Maira tops 3,600 signatures
So far, more than 3,600 people have signed a Catholic charity’s petition calling on Prime Minister Boris…
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FRANCE: ACN denounces ‘radical and visceral attack’
The international head of a leading Catholic charity for persecuted Christians has expressed horror at the killing…
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HOLY LAND: ‘Coronavirus has destroyed our life’
The coronavirus pandemic has left Bethlehem’s tourism-reliant economy in tatters, according to a shop owner, who has…
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PAKISTAN & UK: Charity launches asylum petition for Christian girl in severe danger
A Catholic charity is launching a campaign calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to grant UK asylum…
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SYRIA: ‘A sign of hope amid the darkness and despair’
Two Franciscan friars, the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, have revealed the details of their lives…
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NIGERIA: Nigerian bishops back protest against police
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have thrown their weight behind a nationwide youth-led protest against police brutality and corruption.