Bahrain: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia will be consecrated on 10 December
December 8, 2021
The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia which covers Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia has an estimated 2.5 million Catholics
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ACN: “The Catholic minority in Georgia lives under difficult conditions”
December 7, 2021
Marco Mencaglia has been head of section for Georgia for the past one-and-a-half years by Aid to the Church in
Christian home fire-bombed in Iraq
December 6, 2021
A bomb attack on the home of a Catholic shopkeeper in southern Iraq has been condemned by the head of the country’s largest Church, who has said that such attacks...
Christian refugee in Aleppo: “They wouldn’t let us ring the church bells”
December 3, 2021
Christian IDP’s from northern Syria need our help to survive in a country still suffering from international sanctions and the destruction left by the civil war in the country. This...
In Nigeria, a priest recounts his kidnapping by Fulani herdsmen
December 3, 2021
Kidnappings are a hallmark of terrorist organizations in Nigeria, including Boko Haram and Islamic State-West Africa Province, and clergy are
MALI: Hunger – the new weapon of the Jihadists to subjugate the population
December 2, 2021
The security situation in Mali has continued to deteriorate in the last few months. The increased violence is affecting above
#RedWeek lights up buildings and consciences to remember persecuted Christians around the world
December 1, 2021
Several hundred buildings, from Sydney, in Australia, to Paris, in France, were illuminated red during #RedWeek which ended on #RedWednesday, 24 November.
New report shines light on extremist assaults on Christian girls
November 23, 2021
On Wednesday (24th November) ACN launches a fresh report looking at the kidnapping, forced conversion and sexual victimization of Christian women
Radical Hindus accuse two nuns of illegal conversions in India
November 19, 2021
In one case, two Catholic nuns were forcibly marched to a police station by a mob accusing them of illegal conversions.