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BLOG: How to support ACN through lockdown
As the UK lockdown continues, many people are wondering how they can continue to support charities through…
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PAKISTAN: Christians ‘denied’ food aid
• Outrage over reports that minorities are being overlooked as coronavirus aid is rolled out…
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IRAQ: Fanatics still dream of removing Christians
More than three years on from the defeat of Daesh (ISIS), Islamists in Iraq are as determined…
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MOZAMBIQUE: Islamists – ‘We’ll be back’
A spate of attacks by Islamists – including the dramatic seizure of a port town – have…
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SYRIA: From Syria with love, prayers and solidarity
• ACN project partner’s heart-felt coronavirus message…
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PAKISTAN: Case of ‘abducted’ girl to be taken to Supreme Court
The parents of Huma Younus – a Catholic girl allegedly kidnapped, raped, and forced to marry and…
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VENEZUELA: Fighting the coronavirus with Christ’s benediction
One diocese in Venezuela came up with an ingenious pastoral solution in response to having to close…
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SYRIA: Leaders in the way of hope
Christians in Syria are an example for the whole Church of how to keep hope in a…
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ISRAEL: Schools incubating anti-Christian attitudes
Bishops in Israel have claimed that bigoted attitudes endemic in the country’s schools could be responsible for…
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SRI LANKA: Hope and healing for victims of Easter Day bombings
Mass attendance at one of the churches worst affected by the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka…
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SYRIA: ‘We burned clothes to keep warm’
A mother in Syria has described how she has been forced to burn clothes to keep her…
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HOLY LAND: Bethlehem in lockdown
An urgent call for prayer and support for Christians in Bethlehem has come from two charities which…