The Voice of the suffering in Africa
Here you’ll find the latest updates on the struggles and resilience of persecuted communities around the world. These stories highlight both the challenges they endure and the faith that sustains them. Stay connected to learn how hope continues to shine through suffering.
A bishop in Ethiopia asks for peace
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“People are so fed up with the suffering. They need a solution, and so we hope that something will come out of these talks.”
‘Everyone has family in Khartoum’
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Predominantly Muslim Sudan and Christian South Sudan used to form one country, but it split in 2011 after decades of civil war. But the countries and their populations still have a great deal in common.
Sierra Leone: One of the poorest countries in the world
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“Everywhere we go we try to show that God is love. We have not been here for long, but through our way of life we try to show what it means for God to be merciful, to be loving."
As fighting rages in Sudan, priests stay with their flocks
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"“I want to stay until the last minute, I do not want to leave the people here alone. A lot of our Catholics came [to the church]. You know, here, the Church is their hope."
Democratic Republic of the Congo: A priest in prison
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The drastic lack of resources is evident as soon as one sees the overcrowded cells, which have neither electric light nor windows. More than 300 inmates must sleep huddled together on the iron sheets of the bunk beds or on the bare floor.
In Burkina Faso, “evil will not have the last word”
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The threat is omnipresent, to the extent that “on Sundays and feast days the churches have to be guarded by police, military or volunteers so that we can pray and celebrate Holy Mass in peace."
