UKRAINE: Country ‘expects’ papal visit
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has said that Ukraine is hoping for a visit…
ETHIOPIA: ‘The people are traumatised’
Hundreds lie dead in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region according to a secret inside account, which described priests…
SYRIA: Churches pray on anniversary of bishops’ abduction
Eight years after two bishops were kidnapped by Islamist extremists in Syria, the country’s Christians renewed prayers…
MOZAMBIQUE: ‘Stop the barbarism’
The Catholic bishops of Mozambique have condemned the escalating violence in the Cabo Delgado region in a…
INTERNATIONAL: Weaponisation of technology driving explosion of religious hatred in COVID era, says report
Persecution of faith groups has drastically increased in more than 95 percent of the world’s worst-offending countries…
PRESS NOTICE: New Religious Freedom report
Aid to the Church in Need’s landmark report assessing religious liberty in every country on earth will…
DRC: Bishops warn of new Islamisation threat
The bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have condemned rebel violence in the east…
UK/INTERNATIONAL: Report to offer ‘hope’ for world’s persecuted people
A long-awaited landmark report assessing religious freedom in every country on earth is to be launched…
IRAQ: 23,000 returned – and counting
Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq has given fresh impetus this Easter to a movement of Iraqi…
MOZAMBIQUE: ‘How many more must die before the world acts?’
A priest has expressed fears over the fate of the faithful who fled Palma, in Mozambique’s Cabo…
MOZAMBIQUE: Fear and panic as Daesh ‘seize’ town
A surge in Islamist violence in Mozambique – resulting in claims that Daesh (ISIS) has captured the…
INDONESIA: Suicide bombers attack cathedral on Palm Sunday
Two suicide bombers attacked the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, capital of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi…