
DRC: ‘The government doesn’t care’
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is guilty of either weakness or complicity, according…

MOZAMBIQUE: ‘Stop the barbarism’
The Catholic bishops of Mozambique have condemned the escalating violence in the Cabo Delgado region in a…

INTERNATIONAL: Weaponisation of technology driving explosion of religious hatred in COVID era, says report
Persecution of faith groups has drastically increased in more than 95 percent of the world’s worst-offending countries…

DRC: Bishops warn of new Islamisation threat
The bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have condemned rebel violence in the east…

IRAQ: 23,000 returned – and counting
Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq has given fresh impetus this Easter to a movement of Iraqi…

MOZAMBIQUE: ‘How many more must die before the world acts?’
A priest has expressed fears over the fate of the faithful who fled Palma, in Mozambique’s Cabo…

INDONESIA: Suicide bombers attack cathedral on Palm Sunday
Two suicide bombers attacked the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, capital of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi…

PAKISTAN: Abducted girls – this nightmare must stop
• Kiran Masih, 17, becomes the latest girl forced to convert and marry…

MOZAMBIQUE: Food for the hungry
Emergency food parcels are being sent by a leading Catholic charity to displaced people in Mozambique struggling…

SYRIA: Stop blocking vital aid
An urgent call to end the block on vital aid to people in sanctions-crippled Syria has come…

PAKISTAN: Church backs programme protecting Pakistan’s girls
A fresh initiative is about to be launched to tackle Pakistan’s growing crisis of Christian and Hindu…

IRAQ: Hope is stronger than fear
Pope Francis’ historic trip to Iraq has given the country’s suffering Christians – who survived a genocide…