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The Voice of the suffering and persecuted​

Why build a church among the poorest in Pemba, Mozambique?

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"A context of extreme poverty, poor housing for many, and the irrefutable lack of basic services to live with dignity is clearly a challenge that can trump other dubious needs, such as a church."

South Sudan: ‘There are times when riches prove to be a curse’

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"There are times when riches prove to be a curse. South Sudan has oil fields, but the profits do not trickle down to the people."

Bahrain: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia will be consecrated Dec. 10

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The construction of the Cathedral marks a big step forward in Church-state relations and is also a testimony to the ever-increasing number of Catholics in the region.

‘Catholic minority in Georgia lives under difficult conditions’

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"Unlike many other Orthodox Churches, the Georgian Orthodox Church does not recognize Catholic baptisms and marriages. "

Christian home in Iraq is fire-bombed

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“We wonder, who cares about us and our suffering, as we are citizens among the people of this country.”

ACN provides psychosocial support to IDPs in Mozambique

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"it’s good to see the change in the children who are now playing more, running more, jumping more, and even learning Portuguese."

In Mali, jihadists use hunger as weapon to subjugate the population

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"The jihadists are acting in the name of religion. Everything that does not conform to their own ideology suffers as a result."

#RedWeek lights up buildings and consciences to remember persecuted Christians

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For the first time Ukraine and Bosnia Herzegovina also joined the initiative: the Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kiev and the cathedral in Sarajevo were lit up in red.

In Nigeria, a priest recounts his kidnapping by Fulani herdsmen

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“We were not allowed to bathe throughout our captivity. We had to urinate and defecate in the hut. We were smelling like dead bodies and the hut smelled like a mortuary."

New report documents extremist assaults on Christian women and girls

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The number of incidents involving girls and women being taken from their families, raped and forced to change their faith has grown over the last few years.
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