Out of necessity, Viktor breaks up his floor. Now that he and his wife have no steady work, due to the war in Ukraine, he and his sons Wasiliej and Kola proceed to saw the planks into pieces for the stove to heat the house.
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Thousands of people took part, either in person or virtually, in the Night of Witness, a series of events on the theme of persecuted Christians organised by the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (A...
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Tributes have been paid to a Christian minister who was killed Sunday 30th January in Pakistan after dedicating his life to persecuted and other suffering Christians.
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The conflict-torn north, where hundreds of thousands of people are living in makeshift camps, is one of the areas that is being hit the hardest.
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February 1 marks the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar.
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Nohada lives alone in her one-room home in Addousiyyeh, in Lebanon, near the Mediterranean coast. A widow, her only son moved abroad years ago and she survives largely with the help of her neighbour Mariam, who happens to be the only Muslim in the village...
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The life of Christians on Iraq’s Nineveh Plains remains precarious, even though much progress has been made in the wake of the ouster of ISIS from the region and the restoration and rebuilding of Christian homes as well as churches and church properties.
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The Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross is a Catholic non-profit facility in Beirut that the economic crisis has brought to the verge of collapse.
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The crucifix in Pemba diocese before which the refugees from the violence pray.
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Co-author of ACN case study describes an increase in the number of attacks.
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The number of Catholics in the country is very small (one percent), but the bishops of Kazakhstan addressed various messages to the people so that - with the help of God – the current difficulties will be resolved and peace and harmony return to the count...
Read more![“Be quiet so that God may defend you” – testimony to ACN from the Colombian religious sister kidnapped in Mali](https://d1jpo8rtg1c7nb.cloudfront.net/fileman/61dbaa2454e24-ACN-20211220-121735 (1).jpg)
In an interview with the Colombian branch of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, released last October in Mali, spoke about her missionary work, her captivity and her appeal to be a living witness. Here is a...
Read more![Gratitude and concern in the service of persecuted Christians](https://d1jpo8rtg1c7nb.cloudfront.net/fileman/61db9a678a76f-ACN-20210423-112372.jpg)
For Aid to the Church in Need, two sentiments predominate as ACN looks back on the past year.
Read more![Report: violence against Christians is on the rise across India](https://d1jpo8rtg1c7nb.cloudfront.net/fileman/61c15344ddecb-20110907_001.jpg)
"Christians suffered 305 incidents of violence in the past nine months this year," said a fact-finding report released Oct. 21 in New Delhi.
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Bishops in Jerusalem have warned that the existence of Christianity in the Holy Land is threatened by “a systematic attempt” to drive the community out.
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Following a mob attack by right-wing extremists on a Catholic school, a leading cleric has said that Indian Christians will never be safe under Prime Minister Modi’s government.
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The persecution of Christians by Muslim extremists in West Africa was discussed at a two-day conference in Burkina Faso recently. Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the diocese of Makurdi, called for dialogue with Muslims and the establishment of a...
Read more![HRH The Prince of Wales meets survivors of persecution](https://d1jpo8rtg1c7nb.cloudfront.net/fileman/61b91d96ecfb3-ACN-20211213-121344.jpg)
Survivors of persecution supported by a leading Catholic charity met HRH The Prince of Wales at an Advent service in central London dedicated to those who suffer for their Christian faith.
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Hardly noticed by the world, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated into war in Nagorno-Karabakh on 27 September 2020.
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