
IRAQ: Fanatics still dream of removing Christians
More than three years on from the defeat of Daesh (ISIS), Islamists in Iraq are as determined…

MOZAMBIQUE: Islamists – ‘We’ll be back’
A spate of attacks by Islamists – including the dramatic seizure of a port town – have…

SYRIA: From Syria with love, prayers and solidarity
• ACN project partner’s heart-felt coronavirus message…

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…

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…

SYRIA: Leaders in the way of hope
Christians in Syria are an example for the whole Church of how to keep hope in a…

ISRAEL: Schools incubating anti-Christian attitudes
Bishops in Israel have claimed that bigoted attitudes endemic in the country’s schools could be responsible for…

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…

SYRIA: ‘We burned clothes to keep warm’
A mother in Syria has described how she has been forced to burn clothes to keep her…

HOLY LAND: Bethlehem in lockdown
An urgent call for prayer and support for Christians in Bethlehem has come from two charities which…

PAKISTAN: A sporting opportunity awaits
• ACN basketball plan offers new hope for Christian ex-prisoners…

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…