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Priest warns of ‘guerrilla warfare’ as dozens killed by suicide bombers
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A priest has warned that terrorists are “sneaking” into villages after a suspected suicide attack in northeast Nigeria resulted in multiple deaths. Father Joseph Fidelis, ...
Christians in the Holy Land “have never faced anything like this”
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With yet another blow to regional stability, many Christians in the Holy Land believe it is time to leave. Yet the mission of the Church ...
Taybeh: Do not let Palestinian Christians become a “memory of the past”
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The last entirely Christian village in the West Bank, Taybeh, east of Ramallah, has been enduring a wave of attacks and intimidation by Israeli settlers. ...
Church stretched thin, but continues to support community in Lebanon
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ACN representative in Lebanon expresses mixture of exasperation and hope in midst of humanitarian crisis The day before Israel began a new military campaign in ...
Pakistan: Demand for justice after Christian man found hanged
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The Christian community has refused the official account that Marqas Masih committed suicide, and claim instead that he was murdered. Two men have been arrested. ...
“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 ...