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The Voice of the suffering and persecuted​

In India, Church is overwhelmed by COVID-19

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“Often we had to turn away patients as we could admit only 125 at a time. Yet they kept calling and coming. I have never seen human suffering like this.”

In Nigeria, ACN helps victims of Boko Haram—the story of S.

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“She saw spirits and people without heads. She was plagued by constant flashbacks, hallucinations and disturbing thoughts.”
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In Myanmar, grief and shock after army attacks a Catholic church

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"Let us remember the blood that is spilled is not some enemy’s blood. Those who died and those who were wounded are citizens of this country.”

Nigeria: Bishop seeks release of 75-year-old kidnapped priest

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“Father Bello’s death is part of the senseless and endless losses that have engulfed our nation. We are all literally under the sword in Nigeria, a country that is being consumed by a barbaric horde of humanity."

In Niger, a nun devoted her life to poorest of the poor

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"I heard God's call to leave everything and serve the poor."

In Peru, lay missionaries help the destitute of the Amazon rainforest

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"I consider myself to be extremely fortunate, because in Amazonia you can live closer to God, and by working with the simple and humble people living here, you can actually touch Him.”

Sacristan in Indonesia keeps suicide bombers out of cathedral

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"I did not know what had hit me. I just felt something was burning. It was very hot. And blood poured out of my wounds. Yet, I still could stand. My heart said: ‘God, please help me. I am burning.’"

Vietnam’s elderly veterans suffer for the past, the Church helps

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“After April 1975, I spent three months in labor camps. I was discriminated against, treated like an enemy, and never given any allowance by the government."

A catechist heals the spiritual wounds of South Sudan refugees

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“Many of them are filled with hate and thoughts of revenge. I talk to them about forgiveness.”

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ‘We are in a state of utter misery’

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He calls it Islamization because “anyone who has been kidnapped by these terrorist groups and managed to escape from them alive has told the same story. They were given the choice between death and converting to Islam.”
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