“Christmas with no joy in their hearts” In the midst of the hell of Aleppo Sister Annie is endeavouring to give the people a merry Christmas – Aid to the Church in Need is supporting her. Christmas music, colourful balloons, lights and a Christmas tree: Sister Annie and her helpers have decorated the church...
149 Iraqi Christian refuges taken to safety in Slovakia in secret operation News has just broken that 149 Christian refugees who escaped from ISIS in Iraq are now safe and will be celebrating Christmas in Slovakia, thanks to a secret co-ordinated rescue mission led by Christian writer Johnnie Moore and by media personality Glenn...
IRAQ – ACN provides Christmas parcels for 13,500 displaced Christian families This year ACN is again providing Christmas food parcels for 13.500 displaced Christian families from Mossul and Nineveh, as we have done since ISIS led violence in the Middle East forced millions of Christians to flee their homes. With financial aid from ACN,...
Gambia has now been declared an Islamic republic Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, the President of Gambia, recently declared his country , where 90% citizens are Muslim, an Islamic republic. In doing so, Gambia joins a few other officially Islamic countries including Iran, Pakistan and – in Africa, Mauritania. Speaking on state TV, Mr Jammeh...
Christmas message from Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart in Syria Dear friends, Here we are, for a fifth year now, celebrating the Feast of the Nativity as bombs are raining down. I do not know how many of you have lived through such a depressing and sad experience, but I can assure you it is painful...
Pope urges action to implement Paris climate agreement Pope Francis praised world leaders for reaching an agreement in the last week’s Paris climate talks, saying “The conference on climate has just concluded in Paris with the adoption of an agreement, defined by many as historic”. He made his speech as he led pilgrims gathered in...
While we debate the true meaning of Christmas, Christians are being massacred in their thousands Concern about the commercialism of Christmas is not a new issue. Neither is the concern over how our modern culture has diluted, if not entirely obliterated, the true meaning of Christmas. For some people, particularly parents, these concerns merge...
Authorities target believers as number of Christians increases significantly Throughout the past year the Communist Party has been shutting down churches across several provinces in China, targeting what it claimed were unregistered churches, or church buildings that allegedly violated building codes. In particular, police have been tearing down crosses on church roofs and arresting or imprisoning...
BRAZIL A car for a community of religious sisters who help the poor in the slums of Sao Mateus Sao Mateus is a town in the state of Maranhao in north-east Brazil. It has a population of 40,000. Unemployment is high here, educational opportunities for children and young people are poor, healthcare provision is...
