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“We will stay despite the war,” says priest in southern Lebanon
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Since the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East at the end of February 2026, the southern border of Lebanon has again become a ...
ACN asks for prayers for priest killed in Lebanese attack
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The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) calls for prayers for Fr. Pierre El Rai, a Maronite priest from the Maronite Diocese ...
Drone strike in Erbil raises fears among Iraq’s Christians
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The return of war to the Middle East has reopened old wounds, and many Christians are again contemplating leaving the region. A drone strike last ...
Religious freedom panel recommends 18 nations as “Countries of Particular Concern”
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom details worrying trends in Nigeria, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and even in the West. The U.S. Commission on International ...
Catholic facility in northern Iraq damaged by apparent Iranian drone strike
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In times of war, it is always the marginalized who suffer the most, said a Catholic bishop in northern Iraq. Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda ...
Iran: further violence could devastate already fragile Christian communities, ACN warns
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As tensions rise once again across the Middle East, the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) warns that a further escalation ...
Algeria: The “Son of St. Augustine” visits Annaba
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The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria, making this the country’s first-ever visit from a current pope. Leo, an Augustinian by ...
Mauritania: The challenges of ministering to a community of migrants
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The only diocese in Mauritania has just celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. Bishop Victor Ndione, who has led the Diocese of Nouakchott for two years, tells ...
Ukraine: “You did not only give us food, but a taste of God”
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In eastern Ukraine people have grown numb to the danger of air raids but faith is growing. A bishop tells ACN that “without your help ...
Catholics returning “in their thousands, not hundreds,” say bishops in Nigeria
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Thousands of Catholics in northeast Nigeria have returned to church in defiance of fear, following more than 15 years of violent insurgencies. Bishop John Bakeni ...