INTERNATIONAL: Countdown to death of Christianity in parts of Middle East ticking ever louder
The countdown to Christianity’s disappearance in parts of the Middle East is ticking ever louder – and…
SYRIA: Fresh conflict threatens new exodus of Christians
Warnings that the fresh violence in north-east Syria could unleash a renewed – and potentially fatal –…
HAITI: Bishop’s plea to protestors: stop ‘destroying the country’
HAITI “is dying” – according to a leading bishop – who has called on protestors to stop…
NIGER: The brother of a priest abducted a year ago still hopes for his return
ONE year after the abduction of Italian priest Father Pierluigi Macalli in Niger, his brother Father Walter…
BURKINA FASO: Christian villagers systematically attacked, expelled and exterminated
Christians in northern Burkina Faso have been given violent ultimatums by Islamist extremists to flee their villages…
VATICAN CITY: Pope blesses icon for the people of Syria
Pope Francis yesterday (Sunday, 15th September) blessed an icon bound for the people of Syria as part…
BLOG: Cross Bay Walk Update
Despite shifting sands and tidal currents, Team ACN made it across safe and sound! On Saturday 7…
CRIMEA: Aid to the Church in Need keeps children off the streets
Against a backdrop of rising poverty, a leading Catholic charity is providing funds for holiday camps in…
MADAGASCAR: Island Bishop warns of encroaching Islamism
Islamic missionaries in Madagascar are exploiting the people’s crippling poverty to make converts, a local bishop has…
PAKISTAN: Two brothers stabbed to death
ACN News Briefing The funeral has taken place of two Christian brothers, Javed and Suleman Masih. They…
INTERNATIONAL: New UN Day must lead to concrete action
The international head of a Catholic charity has welcomed the UN’s new day for victims of religious-based…