Pope in Mongolia brings encouragement to all Catholics in Central Asia
News 12 Sep 2023
Pope in Mongolia brings encouragement to all Catholics in Central Asia

The leader of the Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan was in Mongolia, where Pope Francis said that the littleness of the local churches is not a limitation, but a resource for the universal Church.

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A seminarian brutally murdered and another kidnapped in Nigeria
News 11 Sep 2023
A seminarian brutally murdered and another kidnapped in Nigeria

ACN International denounces the latest attack on the Catholic Church in Nigeria, in which a seminarian was burned to death in the diocese of Kafanchan, as well as the kidnapping of another seminarian in southern Kaduna.

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Kidnapped priest and seminarian released after three weeks’ captivity in Nigeria
News 07 Sep 2023
Kidnapped priest and seminarian released after three weeks’ captivity in Nigeria

A total of 13 clergymen have been kidnapped in Nigeria since the beginning of 2023, fortunately, all were later released.

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Mozambique: 40 years later, religious sisters are back in Dómuè
News 07 Sep 2023
Mozambique: 40 years later, religious sisters are back in Dómuè

When the Little Sisters of Mary Immaculate arrived in Dómuè they were received with great celebration. After 40 years, the Church once again has female faces in this huge parish, located in northeast Mozambique.

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Pakistan: Parishioners gather for Mass outside their torched church
News 23 Aug 2023
Pakistan: Parishioners gather for Mass outside their torched church

There were tears of sadness and fear in Pakistan on Sunday (20th August) as a crowd of 700 attended Mass outside their burnt-out church following one of the country’s worst outbreaks of persecution in a generation.

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Nigeria: Killings of Christians “going on and on” with no arrests made
News 21 Aug 2023
Nigeria: Killings of Christians “going on and on” with no arrests made

After 21 Christians were killed and more than 10 critically injured by Fulani militants in Plateau State, Nigeria last week, local sources said similar attacks are becoming more common, and perpetrators are rarely held to account.

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Young Syrians and Lebanese recreate the spirit of WYD Lisbon in their own countries
News 21 Aug 2023
Young Syrians and Lebanese recreate the spirit of WYD Lisbon in their own countries

Prayer, processions, adoration, catechism, but also plenty of fun was the order of the day as thousands of young Christians gathered in Syria and in Lebanon, physically distant, but emotionally united to the multitude who were in Lisbon with Pope Francis.

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Pakistan: 1,000 frightened and homeless Christians forced to sleep rough
News 21 Aug 2023
Pakistan: 1,000 frightened and homeless Christians forced to sleep rough

Nearly 1,000 panic-stricken Christians in Pakistan spent the night in sugar cane fields, having narrowly escaped rampaging mobs who set about targeting their homes, destroying everything down to the last lightbulb.

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Pakistan: Mass exodus as mobs burn churches and homes
News 17 Aug 2023
Pakistan: Mass exodus as mobs burn churches and homes

Up to 15 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of Christian homes destroyed after extremists went on a rampage in Pakistan.

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Rescuing “evil” children from death in Ghana
News 16 Aug 2023
Rescuing “evil” children from death in Ghana

In some parts of Africa, children who are born with disabilities are considered evil and often killed.

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India: Manipur Archbishop - Pray for an end to the suffering
News 16 Aug 2023
India: Manipur Archbishop - Pray for an end to the suffering

A Catholic archbishop in northeast India, who has seen his diocese at the centre of a wave of deadly attacks, has issued an urgent appeal for prayers “to transform the minds of the people who are led by hatred and religious violence.”

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“We are making history with ACN in the Holy Land”
News 10 Aug 2023
“We are making history with ACN in the Holy Land”

George Akroush is the director of the Project Development Office at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. In an interview with ACN, he speaks about the plans for renewing pastoral work among the Christians in the Holy Land.

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Portugal: ACN gives a voice to the persecuted Church at WYD in Lisbon
News 09 Aug 2023
Portugal: ACN gives a voice to the persecuted Church at WYD in Lisbon

Tens of thousands of young people took part in a variety of ACN initiatives during World Youth Day in Lisbon (WYD).

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Peru: Challenges in the “land of saints”
News 07 Aug 2023
Peru: Challenges in the “land of saints”

“You cross the Amazon jungle, climb 5,000 metres above sea level, in the Andes Mountains, you head into the desert. You are now in what Pope Francis calls ‘the land of saints’”, says Luis Vildoso, director of projects for ACN in Peru.

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Iraq Patriarch: President’s decree reversal is a ‘humiliation for the Church’
News 04 Aug 2023
Iraq Patriarch: President’s decree reversal is a ‘humiliation for the Church’

The leader of Iraq’s largest Christian community has condemned a Presidential order overturning a decree which recognises him as Patriarch, calling the move “offensive” and the climax of a campaign to seize control of the Church’s assets.

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New Pastoral Centre is a sign of hope for a better future in Iraq
News 03 Aug 2023
New Pastoral Centre is a sign of hope for a better future in Iraq

Almost exactly nine years after hundreds of thousands of Christians were forced to flee from their homes due to the occupation of their lands by ISIS, efforts continue to rebuild lives and infrastructure.

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DR Congo: Material needs affect the formation of seminarians in Kasongo
News 02 Aug 2023
DR Congo: Material needs affect the formation of seminarians in Kasongo

Just over 60 young men are currently undergoing formation in the propaedeutic Abbot Kaumo seminary of Kasongo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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"Burning for the Kingdom of God"
News 01 Aug 2023
"Burning for the Kingdom of God"

Interview with the new Ecclesiastical Assistant of Aid to the Church in Need.

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