
IRAQ: Batnaya’s Resurrection day
One Christian community in Iraq had added cause for rejoicing this Easter when their church opened for…

PAKISTAN: Tributes to Christian man killed in Peshawar
Tributes have been paid to a Christian minister who was killed yesterday (Sunday, 30th January) in Pakistan…

EGYPT/INTERNATIONAL: Fresh plea to help abused Christian girls
A human-rights expert has called on governments to take orchestrated attacks on Christian women seriously and offer…

MALI: Islamist captors beat nun for praying
A religious Sister abducted by extremists with links to Al Qaeda has spoken about her more than…

UK: Facebook acted as arbitrary censor, silencing vulnerable women – says charity head
Facebook has suddenly lifted severe restrictions imposed on a leading Catholic charity – but has offered no…

UK/INTERNATIONAL: ACN spreads Christmas cheer far and wide
The UK office of a leading Catholic charity has sent out a raft of aid programmes in…

HOLY LAND: Bishops: ‘Christian presence facing extreme threat’
Bishops in Jerusalem have warned that the existence of Christianity in the Holy Land is threatened by…

INDIA: Christians in India seek protection from Hindutva government
Following a mob attack by right-wing extremists on a Catholic school, a leading cleric has said that…

UK: HRH The Prince of Wales meets survivors of persecution
Survivors of persecution supported by a leading Catholic charity met HRH The Prince of Wales at an…

PAKISTAN: Bishops condemn lynching of Christian man
All of Pakistan’s Catholic bishops have denounced the lynching of a Christian Sri Lankan man by a…

MALI: Jihadists steps up terror campaign
Jihadists in central Mali are escalating offensives in an effort to seize swathes of the region and…

IRAQ: Christian home fire-bombed in Iraq
A bomb attack on the home of a Catholic shopkeeper in southern Iraq has been condemned by…