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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : On a fragile road to peace

IT HAS BEEN one year since the government of the Central African Republic and armed groups signed a peace treaty. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) asked Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, archbishop of Bangui, for an assessment of the situation. On Feb. 6, 2019 a peace agreement was signed by [...]

2020-02-26T09:48:46+01:00

NIGERIA: Catholics Wear Black on Ash Wednesday to Protest Violence

Today being Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, Catholics all over Nigeria are dressed in black or at least black armbands as a sign of mourning and solidarity with the victims of terror and insecurity in the Country. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need this morning, Father Greg [...]

2020-02-26T09:22:06+01:00

INDIA: Christian released after 11 years in jail on false accusation

BHASKAR SUNAMAJHI (43) is one of seven Christians falsely accused and convicted of the August 2008 murder of a Hindu leader in the Kandhamal district of India’s Odisha State. The killing triggered the worst eruption of Christian persecution in modern Indian history. Almost 100 Christians were killed, while 300 churches [...]

2020-02-26T09:19:34+01:00

“LET US SPEAK OUT TO PROTECT MINORITIES AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM”- Pope Francis to Mediterranean Bishops

Over 60 Bishops from around the Mediterranean region including Maltese Bishop George Bugeja of Libya, Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea Curmi of Malta, Mgr Denys Antoine Chahda, Archbishop of Aleppo Syria and Cardinal Sako Louis Raphaël of Iraq gathered in Bari Italy from the 19th to 23rd [...]

2020-02-24T12:07:51+01:00

FOR A TORMENTED NATION AND A BESIEGED FAITH- Bishop M.H Kukah

Homily at the Funeral Mass of Seminarian Michael Nnadi (Sokoto Diocese), on 11th February 2020 at Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese We have gathered around the remains of Michael in supplication but also as solemn witnesses to the penetrating darkness that hovers over our [...]

2020-02-19T08:54:08+01:00