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The drastic lack of resources is evident as soon as one sees the overcrowded cells, which have neither electric light nor windows. More than 300 ...

The threat is omnipresent, to the extent that “on Sundays and feast days the churches have to be guarded by police, military or volunteers so ...

“I have seen so many Catholics fall away from the Church due to lack of personal contact. We must go out to meet them."

They were travelling together April 22, 2013, when their vehicle was stopped by suspected islamist militants. Their driver, a Syriac Orthodox deacon, was shot and ...

"During the call I could hear the shooting in the background. He says that the streets are empty, like in a ghost town: there are ...

"A public health or education worker, for instance, makes around $6 or $12 per month, but the average cost of living for a family of ...

There are laws against child marriages and forced marriages, but they are not implemented: "One reason is that all this happens mainly to Christians and ...

"I kept asking myself why are the Ukrainians being killed by their neighbors? Why destroy their lives forever?"

“Accidents are part of life. Once we saw what seemed to be a tree that had been swept into the river by a storm. When ...

"Our country is bigger than France and it is difficult for a weak administration to control. There is not really a frontline. The militias hostile ...