
PAKISTAN: Parents of ‘abducted’ girl issue impassioned plea
THE parents of Huma Younus – the girl at the centre of an abduction, forced marriage and…

PAKISTAN: Court rules men can marry underage girls if they have had first period
Underage girls can be married as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle, a High…

NIGERIA: Last Nigerian seminarian held by kidnappers has been killed
ACN News Briefing Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has been killed by his abductors. He was 18 years…

PAKISTAN: Justice and freedom at last
Christians across Pakistan are rejoicing after a court yesterday (Wednesday, 29th January) acquitted 40 men jailed for…

PHILIPPINES: #RedWednesday set to be official date in Church calendar
Catholics across the Philippines have received an official request from their bishops to mark #RedWednesday, after the…

CAMEROON: The new frontier for Boko Haram attacks
• Terror group ‘is like the beast of the Apocalypse’…

UK: Rehman Chishti MP to run the race against Christian persecution
• Rehman will run the London Marathon for leading Catholic charity…

BURKINA FASO: Offering mercy amid the madness
RELIGIOUS Sisters in Burkina Faso have told how they are risking their lives to provide food and…

NIGERIA: Four kidnapped seminarians are finally named
FOUR seminarians kidnapped in Nigeria by armed intruders have been named by a leading Catholic charity which…

IRAQ: Fresh violence threatens our future
A bishop from Erbil – where Iran carried out missile attacks – has warned that any continuation…

NIGERIA: Government are Islamic fundamentalists without bombs, says bishop
The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop…

SYRIA: Home for Christmas… for the first time in eight years
A Christian family from Syria have described their joy at being home for Christmas for the first…