40,000 to 50,000 Christians are already caught up in the escalating conflict in north eastern Syria, as Turkish troops attack Kurdish-led forces. This number is very likely to increase in the coming days. Warnings that the fresh violence could unleash a renewed – and potentially fatal – exodus of Christians from the region have come...

Bishop of Hinche: “Please pray for us. This country is dying” “It is now that they must act to change lives in Haiti. Tomorrow will be too late”. This is the urgent call of the Bishops’ Conference of Haiti in an open letter [dated September 27] addressed to Haiti’s political leaders whom the bishops blame...

On Friday 18th October 2019, about 20,000 Maltese and Gozitan school children are expected to join one million children from all over the world to pray the rosary for unity and peace in the world. The event is organised by Aid to the Church in Need (Malta), in collaboration with the Coordinator of Spiritual Development...

A surge in under-age Christian and Hindu girls in Pakistan being kidnapped, raped and forced to marry and convert to Islam has been condemned by one of the country’s leading bishops. In an interview with the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore confirmed reports of abductions involving girls...