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IRAQ: Courage to live peacefully
A senior Iraqi bishop has urged the faithful to support Christian families returning home after being driven…
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NIGERIA: Bishop speaks about Church attack
Armed men open fire, 13 dead and 26 wounded Pope Francis sends message of condolence After armed…
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NIGERIA: Supporting widows and orphans
Vital assistance from a leading Catholic charity is to be provided for Nigerian widows and orphans who…
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IRAQ: Charity offers more help for displaced families
Thousands of displaced families in northern Iraq urgently in need of a roof over their heads have…
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MIDDLE EAST: Exhibition raises awareness of the persecuted Church
Leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need will hold an art exhibition in Edinburgh later…
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SYRIA: 30 projects unveiled for faithful
After six years of devastating civil war in Syria, a leading Catholic charity has announced 32 projects…
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SYRIA: Christian families are returning home
Christian families are returning to war-torn Aleppo from South America, Europe and elsewhere having being forced from…
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SCOTLAND: Students rally in support of suffering Christians
One thousand secondary school pupils from Scotland came together in prayer and solidarity with persecuted Christians at…
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TANZANIA: For we walk by faith
Thousands of Christians in Tanzania are walking up to 15 kilometres to get to Church…
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IRAQ: Honouring the crucifix that survived Daesh (ISIS)
Westminster’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols and a bishop from Iraq came together in central London to bless a…
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BLOG: St Christopher: Reflections on Saints this week, May 2017
Patron saint of bachelors, transportation, traveling, storms, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death and toothache. St Christopher is a…
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IRAQ: Bishop of Erbil highlights the urgent need of Iraq’s Christians
Archbishop Warda sends video message to the benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need…