![Explosions around the Holy Family Church in Gaza.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1212HolyLand-e1702394550211.jpg)
HOLY LAND: 22 Christians dead in Gaza and unexploded rocket found in parish
Out of the 1,000 Christians living in Gaza, 22 have died since the war began, and today…
![Holy Mass at the Holy Family Church in Gaza (© Holy Family Parish, Gaza).](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1211HolyLand-e1702308126804.jpg)
HOLY LAND: Gaza Catholic church damaged by airstrike
Gaza’s only Catholic church was damaged in an attack over the weekend. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem…
![Father Sebastiano D’Ambra.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1204Philippines-scaled-e1701701230194.jpg)
PHILIPPINES: Week of Peace turns to ‘time of terror’
A missionary priest in the Philippines has described how Sunday Mass turned into a catastrophe yesterday (3rd…
![Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1130Syria.jpg)
SYRIA: Poverty and mass exodus threatens future of Christianity in Syria
Uncontrollable emigration – driven by misery, corruption and Western sanctions – is crippling the Christian community in…
![Father Hans-Joachim Lohre.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1130Mali-scaled.jpg)
MALI: Priest freed after more than a year in Islamist captivity
A priest, who was kidnapped by extremists in Mali more than a year ago, has been released.
![Christian and Muslim leaders meeting in Lahore, Pakistan.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1129Pakistan-scaled-e1701256240476.jpg)
PAKISTAN: Muslim leaders join Christians in denouncing extremism
Muslim leaders in Pakistan are increasingly speaking out against radicalism and promoting interfaith dialogue with Christians, according…
![Pupils at a school run by the Good Service Sisters in Lebanon.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1128Syria_Lebanon-scaled-e1701167539667.jpg)
SYRIA/LEBANON: Charity funds Christian schools to curb Islamist extremism
To tackle an educational crisis in the Middle East, a Catholic charity is providing millions in aid…
![Sister Annie Demerjian giving Christmas gifts in Syria in 2021.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1127Syria-e1701078871568.jpeg)
SYRIA: Sister plays Santa giving thousands of deprived children winter coats
This Christmas, a religious sister in Syria will be distributing warm clothes to tens of thousands of…
![Margaret Attah receives the #RedWednesday Aid to the Church in Need (UK) ‘Courage to be Christian’ award at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark – left to right: Dr Caroline Hull, National Director, Aid to the Church in Need (UK), Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, Dominic Attah and his wife, Margaret Attah.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1124UK_1-e1700828163603.jpeg)
UK: PM backs initiative helping persecuted Christians
On #RedWednesday UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak endorsed the initiative raising awareness of the plight of suffering…
![Bishop Prosper Bonaventure Ky of Dédougou.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1120BurkinaFaso-web-scaled-e1700497011731.jpg)
BURKINA FASO: Jihadist terror escalating as two children murdered and Christians forced out
A Christian leader in Burkina Faso has said the jihadist persecution of Christians has taken a fresh…
![Margaret Attah, before the bomb blast in Owo, Nigeria](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1117Nigeria_UK-e1700222179555.jpg)
NIGERIA: Terror-attack survivor named recipient of new faith award
A survivor of a jihadist atrocity in Nigeria which left 41 churchgoers dead is flying into the…
![A Burmese Catholic Church destroyed in the civil war (© Radio Veritas Mandalay).](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1116Burma-e1700148931185.jpg)
BURMA: Churches provide refuge in new wave of civil war
Burmese rebels have launched a fresh offensive in the civil war that broke out almost three years…