PAKISTAN: Two brothers stabbed to death
ACN News Briefing The funeral has taken place of two Christian brothers, Javed and Suleman Masih. They…
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…
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…
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…
IRAQ: Christians ‘close to extinction’
Christianity in Iraq could now be on the brink of completely disappearing – according to one of…
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…
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…
NIGERIA: State forces accused of stoking crisis
A senior Nigerian prelate has warned that bias by security forces has heightened ethnic tensions and inflamed…
IRAQ: Mosul – Barely 40 Christians home
Priest’s struggle to revive Church in city post-Daesh (ISIS)…
UK: ACN welcomes vital review into persecution of Christians
Aid to the Church in Need (UK) has acknowledged the importance of an independent report into…
BURKINA FASO: Stop support for jihadists – says bishop
A bishop in Burkina Faso has called on the international community to stop the flow of weapons…
ERITREA: Sick forced from beds as 21 hospitals and clinics forced to shut
Thousands of sick people across Eritrea are being deprived of vital medical care after the government seized…