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NIGERIA                                                                                             Monday, 11th May 2015   Maiduguri diocese assesses extent of Boko Haram suffering “Our faith has been purified through persecution”, says priest More than 5,000 Catholics in north-east Nigeria have been killed and at least 100,000 have been displaced, according to a fresh report which highlights the scale of [...]

Posted: 04/20/2015 1:05 pm EDT Updated: 04/20/2015 2:59 pm EDT Religious persecution did not end with Nero and the Roman Empire. In fact, punishment of and hostility toward people of faith is increasing. The group Open Doors recently released its latest World Watch List, warning: "This year, the threshold was higher for a [...]

Dear Friend We could see - in the social media at least – that our prayer-call for Nepal was very well received in the different countries and we have to thank for so much care and solidarity with the victims of the Nepal earthquake. Aid to the Church in Need [...]

Patriarch H.B. Gregorius III Laham Greek Melkite of Antioch and All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem for the Greek Catholics Foto: 26 10 2012 Rome (Synod for the New Evangelization) - photo: ZENIT   Syria                                                                                                                             08.05.2015 Beirut/Königstein, 08.05.2015. Patriarch Gregory III, the spiritual leader of the Melkite Church, a church that [...]

  “Greeting from Nepal! " First of all, allow me to express my most heartfelt appreciation on behalf of the people of Nepal for your love, care, concern, prayer, blessing, solidarity and generous financial help to those affected by the devastation wrought by the massive earthquake. Your words of comfort are [...]

 Cameroon   A multipurpose hall to be used as a church by Catholics who have fled Boko Haram  It is not only in Nigeria but also in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that people are suffering from the violent attacks of the terroristBoko Haram militias. However, these attacks have attracted [...]

Beirut, Lebanon                                                                                                        05 May 2015   With over 1.5 million Syrian refugees, Cardinal Rai is worried about the future of his country By Oliver Maksan Beirut/Königstein, 05.05.2015. Patriarch Bechara Cardinal Rai is worried about the religious balance in Lebanon. In an interview with the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the [...]