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News of the Suffering and Persecuted
Find the latest updates on the struggles and resilience of persecuted communities around the world. Stay connected to learn how hope continues to shine through suffering.
Priests in Ukraine: ‘We don’t have time to be frightened’
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“We don’t have time to be frightened. We are staying and helping the people to survive this situation.”
ACN rushes aid package as war spreads in Ukraine
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“What we all wanted to avoid has happened: Ukraine is in a state of war. ACN has supported the Church in Ukraine in the past and it will not abandon her at this very critical and difficult time."
Ukraine: Church helps refugees and prays for peace
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“War does not bring any solutions, only destruction, suffering and lack of peace."
Scholarships help cement legacy of papal visit to Iraq
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“The CUE model encourages the whole family to stay and not to emigrate; their children will have an excellent education to obtain work and therefore a future in Iraq to support themselves and their parents."
After communism, rebuilding the Catholic Church in Georgia
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"It seems to me that the rosary saved the Catholic faith not only in Georgia, but in all Communist countries. The people came together in homes to pray and the grandmothers were the ones who took responsibility. You did not need a priest or a rosary – you could count the “Hail Marys” on your hands."
Egyptians love their soccer team, but Christians feel left out
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Among Copts, stories abound of young boys who were turned away from big clubs at trials when it was revealed that they were Christians, either by their names or by the tattoo of a cross that many young men have on their wrists.





