The Voice of the suffering and persecuted
Myanmar: ‘the killings must stop at once’
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“The blood spilled is not the blood of an enemy. It is the blood of our own sisters and brothers, our own citizens."
Bangladeshi Catholic couple prays for justice for martyred son
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SUKHRANJAN HALDER, 75 AND ANNA HALDER, 70, ARE A BANGLADESHI CATHOLIC COUPLE, who have been suffering financial, physical and mental anguish since they lost their only son in a deadly bomb attack at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church of Baniarchar in Gopalganj district two decades ago. Sumon Halder, then 24, was among 10 Sunday Mass-goers killed in the June 3, 2001, attack by an Islamic terrorist group, Harkat-ul-Jihad. The blast also left dozens injured. It was the worst terror attack on minority Christians in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Sumon, who had gotten married just five months prior to the attack, was known ...
Ten years of conflict in Syria: ACN calls on international community f humanitarian aid
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ACN calls on the international community to instruct banks to accept money transfers designated for humanitarian aid, which is already provided for in the exceptions to the existing sanctions.
Small Catholic communities survive in Kyrgyzstan
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"Money is being pumped into the country byTurkey and Pakistan to promote a more radical interpretation of Islam."
In Iraq, hope that papal visit will motivate internal community
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"Thousands lined the streets to see the Pope as he drove past. Religious sisters were literally dancing on the rooftops. These were people who had come back after being forced to leave their homes because of ISIS. What the Pope saw here were truly the living stones of the Church in Iraq.”
Iraqi priest: Pope and Grand Ayatollah are peacemakers
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The Christians of Baghdad hope that the Pope’s visit will save their community from the brink of extinction. One Church official told ACN that the number of Catholics in Baghdad was no more than a few hundred, after years of threats and bombings.
On flight to Iraq, Pope Francis is SHown Documents of persecution
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"It proves the severe persecution suffered by Christians in Iraq during the years of terror by the ISIS."
Myanmar: ‘I fear there is going to be a bloodbath’
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"But what can the people do against tanks? And tanks are now being deployed everywhere."
Kenyan Christians cry for justice after arson targets churches
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"I was left wondering why they had to do this because burning a church is same as invoking God’s wrath."
Director of ACN projects will travel to Iraq on papal plane
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“The Holy Father’s trip to Iraq is such a sign of encouragement, a message of hope to the Iraqi Christians who have been tested in their faith all down the centuries."
