NIGERIA: ‘People are dying daily’ – Bishops lead peaceful protest against extremism
Amid a surge in Islamist violence, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) yesterday (1st March) led…
MADAGASCAR: Non-Muslim women are being bribed to wear the burka
Extremists are exploiting destitute non-Muslim women by paying them to wear the burka, according to a bishop…
PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi – My faith has saved me
ASIA BIBI has given a landmark interview saying that her faith in Christ was what got her…
UK: Archbishop’s plea for suffering Christians
• Helping persecuted Christians “is not somebody else’s business: it’s our business” – Archbishop John Wilson…
NIGERIA: Christians in the north are “all marked men and women”, bishop warns
“Killing Christians” and “destroying Christianity” in northern Nigeria are top objectives for Islamist terror groups – according…
PAKISTAN: Parents of ‘abducted’ girl issue impassioned plea
THE parents of Huma Younus – the girl at the centre of an abduction, forced marriage and…
PAKISTAN: Court rules men can marry underage girls if they have had first period
Underage girls can be married as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle, a High…
NIGERIA: Last Nigerian seminarian held by kidnappers has been killed
ACN News Briefing Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has been killed by his abductors. He was 18 years…
PAKISTAN: Justice and freedom at last
Christians across Pakistan are rejoicing after a court yesterday (Wednesday, 29th January) acquitted 40 men jailed for…
PHILIPPINES: #RedWednesday set to be official date in Church calendar
Catholics across the Philippines have received an official request from their bishops to mark #RedWednesday, after the…
CAMEROON: The new frontier for Boko Haram attacks
• Terror group ‘is like the beast of the Apocalypse’…