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Nigeria: young woman loses both parents in Fulani herdsmen attack
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"One of the men took his machete and cut off my mother’s head. Her blood splashed on my face. I screamed."
Two Boko Haram victims blessed by the Pope
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“They put the Christians in cages, like animals. The first thing they did was forcefully convert us to Islam. … The warned us not to ...
With ACN support, Churches rebuild quake-hit houses in Syria
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has committed to providing more than US$550,000 in aid to help Christians return to their apartments and houses, ...
Chile sees another arson attack on a church
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The attackers left pamphlets and a banner claiming the attack and warning about future violent actions. “Every bullet you fire will be returned. Temucuicui ...
Nicaragua’s ‘Way of the Cross’
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"Demonstrations of popular piety such as the Way of Cross or processions have been forbidden and can no longer go from parishes out into the ...
ACN to pay rent for victims of earthquake in Syria
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At least 60 buildings in Aleppo collapsed in the earthquake but the number of houses that may need to be razed will probably in the ...
Pakistani Catholic escapes forced conversion to Islam
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"The next day the guy who raped me brought a bearded man to register the nikah [Muslim marriage]. I told them I am a Christian ...
Synod in the Middle East can be “a new spring for the Church”
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" How do we face the social problems? Our people have become very poor. How can we face the political problems? We live these cries ...
Bishops call on Nigerians to ‘reject evil’ in elections
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“Our votes are precious; we must use them well. We encourage all eligible citizens to come out en masse to vote for God-fearing, honest, vibrant, ...
ACN has helped more than 15,000 Ukrainians since start of war
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A large portion of this assistance consisted of emergency existential aid, which benefited 7,447 diocesan priests, religious sisters and brothers, and diocesan staff. These are ...