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.
DR Congo: ‘I want to become a priest to proclaim hope to those who have lost everything’
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The missionary priests who served his community made a lasting impression on him. As soon as he could, he began serving at Mass, and the thought of becoming a priest himself was close to his heart.
sisters in Burundi are ‘mothers’ of reconciliation
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"Some people gather well before Mass on Sunday, and many others stay on after Mass to spend time with the sisters and the other families."
New bishop in South Sudan: ‘We must get back on our feet and give hope to the people’
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"We live in a country where Christianity is often no more than skin deep; it hasn’t grown roots in the life of the population."
A painful ordeal in Nigeria as Christian siblings are abducted
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"Then they shot the five of us in the head at the same time. Laying there, I could hear them saying, mu kai gawan su a church, saba da susani bamu wasa! (“Let’s take the dead bodies to church so that they will take us very seriously!”).
Mozambique fears the worst as tropical storm batters the country
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“We are all praying that God may spare us another great disaster, in which it is always the poor who suffer the most.”
Mozambique: a cross with a broken Christ
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"The body—the feet, the hands and the head of Christ—is in separate pieces, as an expression of the reality lived by so many people here in this war zone of Cabo Delgado."
