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The Voice of the suffering and persecuted​

In India, a priest is acquitted of attempting ‘forcible religious conversion’

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"The seminary has been there for over 25 years and we have never forced anyone to convert."

Massive influx of Haitian migrants triggers crisis in Mexico

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"Behind these migrant caravans there are an infinite number of private interests, institutions and non-governmental organizations that have made these migrants into an industry for their own personal benefit.”

In Lebanon and Syria, poverty stalks the Christian community

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“During the war at least, they expected it to end at some point, but now, what can [Syrian Christians] expect?”

Church decries ‘slow genocide’ of Christians in Nigeria

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“They have an agenda, which is the Islamization of this country. And they are doing that by carefully eliminating all the Christians."

A million children praying the rosary can change the world!

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This year’s rosary campaign will encourage children to pray “hand in hand with Our Lady and under the protection of Saint Joseph.”

In Sierra Leone, “God is the solution”

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“One of the positive aspects of the shutdown of churches was that it brought us very close to the faithful."
Afghanistan, Sister Shahnaz Bhatti, working at a school for students with intellectual disabilities and Down’s syndrome

Shahnaz Bhatti: testimony of a Catholic nun who served in Afghanistan

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"The most trying thing was not being able to move about freely, because, as women, we always had to be accompanied by a man."

Taliban takeover in Afghanistan emboldens Iraqi extremists

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"It is definitely true that the mentality of ISIS still exists in Iraq and Syria among certain parts of the population.”

Mozambique bishop: ‘Nobody asks for martyrdom, but it is something that can happen at any moment’

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“We may well be at risk, but at the same time we are here on a mission, and we are here for Jesus."

Christian Afghan: ‘After the Taliban killed my parents, I fled Afghanistan when I was eight’

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"One day I came home from school to find that the Taliban had destroyed our home and killed my parents. My brother and I were forced to flee Afghanistan."
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