The Catholic Church in Mali (Africa) continues to pray and work for the release of the Colombian sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoty, who was kidnapped four years ago on 7 February by jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda.

On the 15th anniversary of the murder of Fr Andrea Santoro.

Fiona Bruce MP, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, has received a petition from a Catholic charity calling for asylum to be granted to a 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan whose life is in danger.

“It is time to return to God.” Hundreds of Cuban Catholics, priests and lay alike, see their country in a state of profound crisis and are hoping for a national dialogue that will lead to political changes.

A series of kidnappings and acts of violence against priests and religious in Nigeria are of particular concern to Catholics in the country.

Egypt is home to the largest Christian community in the Arab world - the Coptic Church. Reaching back to the very beginnings of Christianity and to the Apostle Mark, there are today about 8 million Copts in Egypt. But in a politically deeply divided count...

“The situation in northern Ethiopia is alarming. Communication is very precarious and for almost three weeks the region has been totally isolated from the rest of the world. No internet or telephone. But the news we get from those who have been able to vi...

An interview with Gérard Ouambou.

Lebanon is the country that has taken in the highest number of refugees in the world, in proportion to its own population.

By Fr. Ignatius Nyan Htoo

In memory of the first Venezuelan bishop to fall victim of COVID-19.

Following bloody massacres, the Bishop of Beni appeals to the international community through Aid to the Church in Need.

Pope Francis is due to visit Iraq from 5 – 8 March this year.

"Without you, we could do nothing. You are the arms of God’s providence, who loves them through us. You make a material donation, and God gives you the joy of knowing that you are useful, today and in the future. And He will grant you Paradise.” 

Happy New Year! These are words we commonly hear at this time of year. And they were also the first words addressed by Bishop Juan José Aguirre of Bangassou to all at the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church...

Coronavirus, terrorism and war – and once again a growing level of persecution.

A survivor looks back ten years after the attack on Coptic Christians.

A Christian man in Pakistan will at last walk out of prison a free man – after the court acquitted him in a case that spanned more than 11 years with nearly 70 adjournments.