![Margaret and Dominic Attah with Lord Alton and other parliamentarians on #RedWednsday 2023.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0116UK_Nigeria-scaled-e1705415351524.jpg)
UK/NIGERIA: Peer demands justice for Christians killed by extremists
Lord Alton of Liverpool has made an impassioned plea in the UK Parliament calling on government to…
![Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0115Nicaragua-scaled.jpg)
NICARAGUA: 19 clerics released but concerns over lack of religious freedom remain
Two bishops, 15 priests and two seminarians who had been imprisoned in Nicaragua have been released and…
![A group of Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria, where 200 people were killed over Christmas.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0112UK_Africa-e1705073393426.jpeg)
UK/AFRICA: Charity raises £200k in two months for suffering Christians in Africa
Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is delighted to announce the success of its…
![Sisters Silva, Carminha and Carmo.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0110Brazil-e1704897805754.jpg)
BRAZIL: Elderly Sisters unstoppable thanks to charity’s support
Many religious Sisters in north-east Brazil are over 65 – and several over 80 –, but they…
![Jerusalem’s Old City.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0109HolyLand.jpeg)
HOLY LAND: Fresh aid gives hope for Christians on the breadline
A Catholic charity has announced a second package of emergency aid for Christians who lost their livelihoods…
![Ticuna children with the Capuchin Brothers.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0108Brazil-e1704732812666.jpg)
BRAZIL: Protecting the Amazon in the spirit of St Francis
Franciscan friars are contributing to the preservation of the Amazon rainforest in north-west Brazil by helping indigenous…
![Maria Antónia Cabral uses recycled material to produce traditional Portuguese devotional images.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0104Portugal_1-1-e1704381228536.jpeg)
PORTUGAL: Nonagenarian’s green art helps persecuted Christians
A ninety-seven-year-old artist in Portugal is making recycled religious artwork from material she salvages to help suffering…
![The aftermath of the Christmas attacks in Middle Belt.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4972.jpeg)
NIGERIA: Death of the innocents
Church leaders have confirmed the killing of more than 160 people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt…
![Displaced Christians in Beirut.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1220Lebanon-e1703082473172.jpg)
LEBANON: Christians fleeing crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah
Up to 90 percent of the population of southern Lebanon’s Christian villages have left their homes since…
![Explosions around the Holy Family Church in Gaza.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1212HolyLand-e1702394550211.jpg)
HOLY LAND: Gaza – two dead, seven injured in latest attack on Church complex
Two more civilians were killed by sniper fire in the grounds of Holy Family Church in Gaza…
![A training course at the parish hall of the Cathedral of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1214LatinAmerica-e1702562641836.jpg)
LATIN AMERICA: Academy equips Christian leaders to tackle political challenges
An international academy is offering training courses for future Catholic leaders to help them apply Christian values…
![Children receiving Christmas gifts in Syria.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1213Syria_Lebanon_1-e1702482421322.jpg)
SYRIA/LEBANON: Sisters brighten dark times with Christmas gifts for children
A Catholic charity is helping religious Sisters distribute Christmas gifts to 35,000 children in Syria and 10,000…