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VATICAN CITY: Pope blesses icon for the people of Syria
Pope Francis yesterday (Sunday, 15th September) blessed an icon bound for the people of Syria as part…
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BLOG: Cross Bay Walk Update
Despite shifting sands and tidal currents, Team ACN made it across safe and sound! On Saturday 7…
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CRIMEA: Aid to the Church in Need keeps children off the streets
Against a backdrop of rising poverty, a leading Catholic charity is providing funds for holiday camps in…
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MADAGASCAR: Island Bishop warns of encroaching Islamism
Islamic missionaries in Madagascar are exploiting the people’s crippling poverty to make converts, a local bishop has…
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PAKISTAN: Two brothers stabbed to death
ACN News Briefing The funeral has taken place of two Christian brothers, Javed and Suleman Masih. They…
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INTERNATIONAL: New UN Day must lead to concrete action
The international head of a Catholic charity has welcomed the UN’s new day for victims of religious-based…
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VATICAN CITY: Pope blesses 6,000 rosaries for Syria
The pope blessed 6,000 rosaries for Syrian families who have suffered during the civil war – which…
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IRAQ: Christians fear attempt to Islamise Supreme Court
Iraq’s Christians have expressed fears that giving Islamic clerics voting rights in the Federal Supreme Court could…
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IRAQ: Christians ‘close to extinction’
Christianity in Iraq could now be on the brink of completely disappearing – according to one of…
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CAMEROON: Women maimed as Boko Haram strikes terror
Islamist extremists have cut off the ears of women seized during a night-time raid on a rural…
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PHILIPPINES: Courage and faith celebrated as cathedral reopens
The reopening of a bomb-blasted cathedral in the Philippines, six months on from terror attacks which killed…
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NIGERIA: State forces accused of stoking crisis
A senior Nigerian prelate has warned that bias by security forces has heightened ethnic tensions and inflamed…