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RUSSIA: Nativity’s pro-life message alive in the country
Aid to the Church in Need is helping vulnerable women and their unborn children in Russia –…
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IRAQ: “God has been with me always”
10-year-old girl describes ordeal fleeing Daesh (ISIS) After nearly three years in exile in Kurdistan, a 10-year-old…
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SYRIA: Country’s Churches under fire
Archbishop calls for prayers on feast of St Paul Church leaders across Syria have spoken about the…
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UK: Author runs the race for charity
A Carnegie-medal nominated author has given more than £800 to two charities – after braving 40mph winds…
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DRC: Security forces accused of killings in more than 130 Church attacks
Army and police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stand accused of killing at least four…
![Formation of marriage and family catechists in Zambia, priest with trained couples in Kabwe Diocese](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Formation-of-marriage-and-family-catechists-in-Zambia-priest-with-train...-scaled.jpg)
ZAMBIA: Striving together to build the Church
Zambia’s Church is flourishing thanks to the zeal of catechists helping dedicated priests – both working together…
![Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk of Kharkiv-Zaporyzhya Diocese, Ukraine](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0116_1Bishop-Stanislav-Shyrokoradiuk-of-Kharkiv-Zaporyzhya-Ukraine-scaled.jpg)
UKRAINE: Bringing the Bread of Life to the people
In helping people suffering in the conflict in east Ukraine, the Church should not waver in its…
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SYRIA: Bishop miraculously avoids death – as bomb lands in his bedroom
One bishop narrowly avoided death when a bomb landed on his bed during a bombardment of Syria’s…
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DRC: “Our sufferings serve material interests of other nations”
The international community is profiting from a humanitarian crisis sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according…
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: “With God’s help we will rebuild”
Bishop condemns UN inaction and foreign funding of extremists A senior Church figure in Central African Republic…
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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: A Catholic exodus
Cardinal: ‘It is harder for Catholics to defend basic rights.’ Up to 10,000 Catholics are leaving Bosnia-Herzegovina…
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IRAQ: Mass comes back to Mosul
The bells rang out in Mosul for the first time in more than three years when a…