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Iraq: Christians desire ‘a real and profound change of the political system’
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"Personally, I am optimistic regarding the future of the Christians on the Nineveh Plains and in Iraq. Through education and cultural dialogue, we can overcome ...
Education and dialogue hold key to Christians staying in Iraq
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In addition to having lost their faith in the future, in the authorities and in a number of their Muslim neighbors—who had initially welcomed ISIS ...
Pakistan: Parents of kidnapped, forcibly converted Catholic teenager look to highest court for relief
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"We are not giving up, and, together with her lawyer Yousaf, we are going to take the case to the country’s Supreme Court. This was ...
In Holy Land, Churches denounce persistent anti-Christian attacks
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"The Churches are raising these problems at every level and on numerous occasions, but since their voice is not backed by political and financial weight ...
Burkina Faso priest: ‘The world doesn’t seem to have understood that our country runs the risk of disappearing’
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"Sadly, the rest of the world doesn’t seem to have understood that our country runs the risk of disappearing if we do not all unite ...
Newly released from jail, 40 Christians in Pakistan find help rebuilding their lives
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There was widespread criticism of police behavior leading up to the men’s arrests. Church leaders claimed police had gone “house to house aiming to arrest ...
In northern Iraq, ravaged Christian village comes back to life
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"Even if the situation is not very clear, we see the importance of a sign of hope. ACN is determined to help the Christians to ...
Bishops lead peaceful protest against ‘high level of insecurity’ in Nigeria
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"We are tired of hearing ... has been ‘technically defeated,’ even when they still attack with impunity … The failure to protect innocent people from ...
In France seeking asylum, Asia Bibi meets the public at last
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She becomes more animated, and her previously quiet voice becomes more confident and assured: “Throughout my imprisonment I held the hand of Christ. It is ...
In Africa’s Sahel, ‘places where Christians and Muslims live alongside one another are next target’ for Islamist terror
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"The terrorists’ next target will be the places where Christians and Muslims live alongside one another. In Burkina Faso and in Nigeria the equilibrium that ...