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LEBANON: Christians defy land-grabbers
Christians in Beirut have responded with defiance amid reports that groups seeking to profit from last week’s…
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BURMA: Fundamentalists deliberately destabilise the country, says bishop
Fanatics control the economy of Burma (Myanmar) by fostering religious conflict to deter outside investors, said a…
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INTERVIEW: Burma needs religious leaders’ prophetic voices and moral courage to build peace and justice
The Religions for Peace organisation issued an appeal signed by the religious leaders of Burma (Myanmar) ahead…
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NIGERIA: Bishop Kukah – ‘Genocide is happening in Nigeria’
Systematic violence against Nigerian Christians by Fulani herdsmen constitutes genocide, according to a leading Catholic bishop who…
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LEBANON: Charity offers emergency food package
An emergency food package of £226,000 (250,000EUR) is to be rushed out to Beirut by a leading…
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PAKISTAN: Maira – Calamity in the courtroom
The campaign to free a 14-year-old Christian girl from the clutches of a man who abducted her…
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NICARAGUA: Historic crucifix torched
A 400-year-old crucifix was set ablaze when Managua Cathedral suffered the latest in a series of anti-Christian…
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PAKISTAN: Minorities denied housing in Muslim areas
Hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings, according…
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PAKISTAN: Breakthrough for Maira
A Christian mother in Pakistan has achieved a significant breakthrough in her struggle to win back her…
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MOZAMBIQUE: World turns its back as crisis worsens
As the crisis caused by the jihadist incursion into northern Mozambique worsens, the international community is failing…
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PAKISTAN: Court hope for abducted Catholic girl
ACN News Briefing The abductors of 15-year-old Catholic girl Huma Younus have been ordered to appear in…