When evangelization is almost out of the question, Christians offer society the love and compassion of Christ through social service. Iraq is not the country it was in 2014, when the Islamic State group threatened Christians and other minorities as it sought to establish a caliphate. Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, [...]
The attack on the parish of St Louis de Montfort did not inflict any casualties on the missionaries but generated widespread panic among the Christian population. A historic church in Meza, in the region of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, was reduced to rubble during an attack by jihadist insurgents, on [...]
“Nobody talked about God at all,” says Ilona Bilianova as she remembers growing up in the USSR. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the daughter of an officer in the Soviet Army, Ilona spent much of her childhood living in different Soviet Republics, as her father travelled to different postings. While [...]
Christian farming communities in parts of Benue State, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are “living in fear” as they suffer ongoing attacks – the latest of which resulted in the murder of a man gathering food for his starving family last week. Militant Fulani herdsmen killed Christian farmer Agber Targba while [...]
Human rights violations are widespread in Burundi, a small country which borders the much larger Democratic Republic of the Congo. For years, the country has been largely isolated from the outside world. Recently, the Burundian bishops drew attention to the country's plight, which is hardly noticed by the global public. [...]
The Government has forbidden Ways of the Cross and Holy Week processions, but the faithful are united around the Eucharist during this Lenten season “This period of persecution is a time of penitence; in Nicaragua we are living in terror, fear and anguish. Psychologists here say the whole population is [...]
With a long experience of persecution, the Christians of Baghdeda (Qaraqosh) know that the bad times might return, but they believe that “a Church that is not persecuted is a Church that does not carry Christ”. It is a beautiful day in Baghdeda, and families are streaming into the church [...]
Anew report released in late October, compiled by various Christian NGOs and entitled “Christians Under Attack in India,” records 300 anti-Christian incidents so far in 2021. In one case, two Catholic nuns were forcibly marched to a police station by a Hindu mob accusing them of illegal conversions. Aid to [...]
Young Christian women in Pakistan facing discrimination, social exclusion and poverty are being taught how to fight for their rights – thanks to an initiative by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). ACN is supporting a women’s advancement programme to empower those from the lowest classes of society who [...]
Provincial of Juba: "The charism of the Comboni Missionaries is to be in the front line and serve those most vulnerable even in situations of danger." “The most important thing now is the complete healing of Father Christian, both physically and spiritually. He is very serene, he is very peaceful”, [...]
