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A mural of coomunist hero Che Guevara in Havana

Catholics call for renewal of communist Cuba

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“This people, many years ago, turned its back on God, and when a people turns its back on God, it cannot walk.” 
Sister Annie and some of her charges

Syria: ‘please don’t forget us’

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The world has begun to forget about Syria and that’s painful.”
Archbishop Kaigama

Nigerian archbishop: ‘our priests, nuns and catechists are not for sale’

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"Paying a ransom means putting everyone for sale and in danger, all the priests, nuns and collaborators of the Church who move continuously between the villages, without enjoying any kind of comfort, but always ready to sacrifice themselves for the love of God and His people."
Regina Lynch

Ethiopia is living a nightmare

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“Hundreds of citizens are being killed in the conflicts in the Tigray region. Nobody knows for sure the number of dead, but we have been told that there are priests and church leaders among them. Shops, schools, churches and convents have been robbed and destroyed."
Ramses Boulos Hermina

In Egypt, Christmas season saw violent attacks on Christians

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“I fear for him getting sick or catching the coronavirus, as he suffers from dyspnea and does not have suitable clothes for winter, wearing only light prison clothes,”
Tigray region

Ethiopia: Surge in violence leads to up to 1,000 deaths

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"The people hiding in the church were brought out and shot in the square."
Gerard Ouambou

The Central African Republic is at the mercy of looters and mercenaries

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"In the battle at a geopolitical level the ordinary people of the country are no more than pawns in a game of chess."
St John the Merciful Table

Lebanon: Church will not abandon refugees and the needy

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Since 2019, the aid supplied by ACN for various projects in support of the refugees in Zahle has come to a total of $4.4M. A considerable part of this aid includes paying rent and providing some accommodation for people like the Rief family.
Azroo Raja

Pakistani Catholic family fights against forced conversion of their daughter

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"That same night the investigating officer told me that she had accepted Islam. I was shaken to the core."   
Bishop Azuaje

In Venezuela, a bishop’s last plea for peace and justice

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“This year the embrace of God is more powerful than ever for all the children of this land, orphaned of embraces. His weeping was the announcement of peace and the passage from suffering to glory … God with us and us with God.”
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