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INTERNATIONAL: Pontiff backs charity’s rosary campaign
Pope Francis has given his public support to a charity’s rosary campaign, calling on children around the…
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PAKISTAN: Seven wasted years
The head of a Catholic human rights’ organisation in Pakistan has hit out at the country’s justice…
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NIGERIA: Government failure has turned Nigeria into ‘a boiling pot’
On the 60th anniversary of the independence of Nigeria, a leading Catholic bishop has said that government…
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INTERNATIONAL: Helping the Church tackle the COVID crisis
Projects helping Christians badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic are among the latest round of aid provided…
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INTERNATIONAL: Senior Vatican Cardinal calls on children to pray rosary against COVID
A senior Vatican Cardinal has urged children to pray the rosary to end the COVID-19 crisis. His…
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PAKISTAN: Maira’s struggle for justice takes a fresh turn
A 14-year-old Pakistani girl’s struggle to be free of the man who raped her – and blackmailed…
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UKRAINE & RUSSIA: COVID-19, ecumenism and rehabilitating drug addicts
PPE for 3,478 priests ministering in COVID-hit Ukraine and urgent help for a drug rehab centre in…
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LEBANON: As soaring food prices hit Beirut blast victims, charity helps out
Lebanon’s spiralling economic crisis is placing crippling burdens on those whose homes were destroyed or damaged in…
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NIGERIA: ‘Christians fear for their lives’
• Priest adds: “It is like we have been left to perish because of our faith.”…
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PAKISTAN: Judges frightened to do justice in blasphemy cases
The threat from extremists means judges in Pakistan are too afraid to acquit Christians falsely accused of…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi – ‘Please help kidnapped girls’
Asia Bibi – the first woman to be sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan – has…