SYRIA/LEBANON: Mass exodus threatens future of Christianity
Desperate Christians in Syria and Lebanon “no longer have confidence in their country” and “there is no…
CHAD: Church reaches out as Sudanese refugees pour in
A bishop from Chad has highlighted the desperate plight of more than 100,000 refugees flooding into his…
NIGERIA: Armed men abduct priest and six others
A Catholic priest and six other people were abducted yesterday (17th September) by gunmen while travelling in…
IRAQ: University education offering a future for Iraq’s Christian community
A scholarship programme at an Iraqi Catholic university – which is now entering its second year –…
NIGERIA: Nigerian Seminarian burnt to death by militants
A seminarian died last night when extremists torched a presbytery in Nigeria’s Kafanchan Diocese. The incident took…
UK/INDIA: Catholic charity denounces “tipp-exing of religion” from Manipur conflict
A Catholic charity has strongly condemned narratives of the recent conflicts in Manipur which eliminate all mention…
NIGERIA: Abducted priest and seminarian released
A priest and a seminarian kidnapped in Nigeria’s Middle Belt have been released after three weeks in…
MOZAMBIQUE: Religious Sisters welcomed back after 40 years
Four decades after the last female congregation left Mozambique because of anti-Catholic hostility following independence from Portugal,…
INDIA: 50,000 people displaced and 150 killed
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced and more than 150 died after hundreds of villages…
BURKINA FASO: Will we survive another 24 hours?
Attacks against Christians in Burkina Faso are becoming more common and many people do not know if…
PAKISTAN: Parishioners gather for Mass outside their torched church
There were tears of sadness and fear in Pakistan yesterday (20th August) as a crowd of 700…
NIGERIA: Killings of Christians ‘going on and on’, with no arrests made
After 21 Christians were killed and more than 10 critically injured by Fulani militants in Nigeria last…