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UK: Government must do more to stop persecution
ACN News Briefing UK foreign policy must prioritise action to stem the tide of increasing persecution against…
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NIGERIA: Bishop – Militants’ master plan to wipe out Christianity
Who is funding terror groups killing Christians? Why can’t the government protect lives? ISLAMIST nomadic herdsmen are…
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UK: Concert at Buckingham Palace raises money for Aid to the Church in Need
Ecumenical event unites Chapel Royal and Sistine Chapel choirs Buckingham Palace was the setting for a historic…
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SYRIA: Homes for Homs
Hundreds of displaced people in Syria will soon be going back to their homes as work is…
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CAR: Priest witnesses Church attack – at least 19 killed
Father Moses Otii next to bullet holes in Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church,…
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NIGERIA: Bishops – President should resign for inaction over ‘killing fields and mass graveyard’
Christians in Nigeria’s Middle-Belt region (© Aid to the Church in Need) Nigeria’s bishops…
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PHILIPPINES: Repairing faith relations must take priority over replacing our destroyed cathedral
New rehabilitation centre for Christians and Muslims kidnapped by Islamists Repairing inter-faith relations and rebuilding lives in…
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SYRIA: Bishop appeals for peace
Following the latest attacks in Syria, one of the country’s leading bishops has issued an impassioned plea…
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NIGERIA: Fears of ‘jihadist crusade’ deepen after Christians are shot dead
Islamist nomadic herdsmen may be about to launch another “jihadist crusade” involving “mass murder”, according to a…
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CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Reaching out in faith within the rain forests
A Catholic charity’s fact-finding and project-assessment trip to a remote corner of Africa – the first of…
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INTERNATIONAL: Prince of Wales’s Easter message highlights suffering of Christians
HRH The Prince of Wales has expressed his support for Christians suffering for their faith around the…
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SYRIA: Homs needs new hope
More help is urgently needed to encourage Christians to stay in Syria, according to a leading archbishop…