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NIGERIA: State governor accused of colluding in ‘genocide’
Priest calls for action after death of up to 130 people within six weeks A state governor…
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MOZAMBIQUE: ‘No one heard victims crying for help as they were carried away by floods’ says priest
A priest in Mozambique has given a graphic account of the devastating impact of the cyclone amid…
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PHILIPPINES: ‘Extremists want to divide faiths and provoke chaos in the country’, says cleric
Bomb attacks on Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines are part of an attempt to incite…
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SYRIA: How ACN is helping Christian families in Syria
On the eighth anniversary of the outbreak of civil war in Syria, ACN continues to support Christians…
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NIGERIA: ‘I watched as my husband was butchered to death’
The full horror of Islamist militia violence in north-east Nigeria has been revealed in a Christian woman’s…
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MIDDLE EAST: Million-pound aid package for the region’s suffering Christians
A leading Catholic charity has delivered a fresh £1million aid package offering a lifeline to suffering Christians…
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VATICAN CITY: Pope video calls for prayer for persecuted Christians
Pope Francis has made an impassioned plea on screen, calling on people to pray for persecuted Christians.
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BLOG: No Meat Fridays
Ideas to shake up Friday mealtimes Traditionally Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays, with vegetarian Catholics…
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VATICAN CITY: Pope’s gift goes in to overdrive for charity
Money from the sale of a Lamborghini donated by the Pope will help Iraqi Christians forced from…
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SYRIA: House repair plan offers fresh hopes to Christians
An action plan to enable thousands of Christians to return to their homes in the Syrian city…
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BURKINA FASO: Fear of jihadists grows after priest murdered
Father Antonio Cesar Fernández (© Aid to the Church in Need) The murder of a…
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SYRIA: A homecoming never to be forgotten
Father Andrzej Halemba (ACN Middle East Projects Coordinator) and Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf…