EGYPT  “Help our faithful to stay” -  Coptic Pope Tawadros II   The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has called on a Catholic charity to redouble its efforts to help Christians stay in the Middle East. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II made the plea at a meeting with Neville [...]

SYRIA Christians come under attack in Damascus   First a roar, then a tremor that makes windows shake, echoes through the narrow streets of this maze of houses, churches and schools on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. A girl raises her head, looks up at the sky trying to dodge [...]

RUSSIA “Some mothers don’t even know that you have to bathe a baby”   The Orthodox Church has set up a crisis centre for women in Nizhny Novgorod with the help of the Catholic Church. In celebration of the “International Day of the Unborn Child” on 25 March, Peter Humeniuk, [...]

UK 'We stand with persecuted Christians' says Prime Minister   Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jim Shannon commented on the return of many  Christians to the Nineveh Plains and asked the Prime Minister, Theresa May, to pledge her support for them during Prime Minister’s question time last week. [...]

Pope’s Easter message calls for an end to Syria war and peace in the Middle East   In his traditional Easter message from the Vatican, Pope Francis called for an end to the "carnage" in Syria and "reconciliation" in the Middle East. Thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square [...]

FRANCE Nation honours heroic police officer who was motivated by his deep faith   Tributes have been paid across France to the heroic police officer who was killed after he offered himself in exchange for a female hostage during an Islamist attack at the supermarket siege in the small village [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Priest killed in assault on his parish   Father Joseph Désiré Angbabata de Séko, a priest in the diocese of Bambari in the centre of the Central African Republic has died. He had been badly injured on 22 March in an assault on his parish carried out [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Missionary forced to flee from violence sends Easter message   Dear friends of ACN, For Christians, Holy Week is the foundational event of our faith, and for this reason, we should meditate on the meaning of the example of Jesus Christ for our own lives. I have [...]

SYRIA "Holy Week is our life: passion, death and resurrection"   In Homs and the Valley of Christians, they are preparing to live through the most important days for those who have been baptised, which give meaning to their presence in the country today. On Friday, the feast of Our [...]

Pope Francis sends condolences to victims of the latest terrorist attack in France   Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent a telegram of condolence on behalf of Pope Francis to Bishop Alain Planet of Carcassonne and Narbonne. In it, the Pope said he participates in prayer in the suffering of the [...]