
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…

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…

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.

BLOG: No Meat Fridays
Ideas to shake up Friday mealtimes Traditionally Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays, with vegetarian Catholics…

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…

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…

BURKINA FASO: Fear of jihadists grows after priest murdered
Father Antonio Cesar Fernández (© Aid to the Church in Need) The murder of a…

SYRIA: A homecoming never to be forgotten
Father Andrzej Halemba (ACN Middle East Projects Coordinator) and Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf…

PAKISTAN: New demands for release of death-row Christian accused of blasphemy
Like Asia Bibi, Sawan Masih was sentenced to death – despite problems with the testimony against him…

NIGERIA: Upsurge in Boko Haram violence ahead of election
Renewed Boko Haram attacks in the days leading up to Nigeria’s presidential election show that the extremists…

CAMEROON: ‘The Church is on the front line’ of attack
Attacks on clergy are increasing in the anglophone areas of Cameroon, as tensions rise between English-speaking separatists…

BLOG: St Valentine
Valentine’s Day is somewhat like marmite With many of us feeling like it’s an easy opportunity for…