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Archbishop: ‘We want to be treated as Iraqi citizens’
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"We don't ask for anything special as Christians, we want to be treated just as Iraqi citizens, equal to anybody else, no more, no less. ...
Haiti: kidnapping of priest is ‘outrageous’
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Faced with this “painful and outrageous” event, the provincial of the Clerics of Saint Viator uses terms such as “violence” and “anarchy” to describe the ...
Seminarians in Nigeria recall their kidnapping
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They beat us during those phone calls. We were crying with the tension, while our parents listened over the phone. This routine continued for ...
Syria: “You journeyed with our suffering people until death”
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He was injured during the Syrian war, in 2012, when a staircase collapsed during a bombing, crushing his hands and much of his face.
Nigeria: We ask our leaders, ‘Why do you allow your citizens to be killed?’
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"Some camp residents have suffered multiple displacements. Others have seen their loved ones slaughtered, shot at, and butchered like animals. We have staff who give ...
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 ...