NIGERIA – Italian missionary priest abducted – ACN Malta
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NIGERIA – Italian missionary priest abducted – ACN Malta

NIGERIA Italian missionary priest abducted   An Italian priest of the Diocese of Rome who was working in Nigeria as a missionary was abducted last Thursday.  Don Maurizio Pallù, 63, was heading to Benin City, in the south of the country, along with four other people. They were stopped by an armed group that stole...

IRAQ – Bishops’ statement – Christians’ future threatened by referendum crisis – ACN International
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IRAQ – Bishops’ statement – Christians’ future threatened by referendum crisis – ACN International

Iraqi Christians’ future threatened by referendum crisis   Church leaders in northern Iraq have issued a stark warning that the crisis triggered by last week’s Kurdistan independence referendum could endanger the region’s Christian presence. Following the referendum, which could see the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) area seceding from northern Iraq, five senior Catholic and Orthodox...

CHINA – Christians fear new regulations will further restrict religious activities – ACN Malta
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CHINA – Christians fear new regulations will further restrict religious activities – ACN Malta

CHINA Christians fear new regulations will further restrict religious activities   Church officials are concerned about the newly revised religious affairs regulations released by the Chinese government, which Premier Li Keqiang announced will take effect on 1 Feb 2018. These are supposedly meant to protect national security, but Christians fear they will be used to...

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Holy See calls for action on Human Rights violations –  ACN Malta
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Holy See calls for action on Human Rights violations –  ACN Malta

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Holy See calls for action on Human Rights violations   Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, said that the Holy See remains seriously concerned by the deteriorating socio-economic and humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

MYANMAR – ‘Textbook ethnic cleansing… and the world simply stands idly by” – George J. Marlin – Chairman ACN US
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MYANMAR – ‘Textbook ethnic cleansing… and the world simply stands idly by” – George J. Marlin – Chairman ACN US

MYANMAR ‘Textbook ethnic cleansing… and the world simply stands idly by”   Pope Francis is due to visit Myanmar in late November this year. Hopefully, his visit will help the country’s political leader Aung San Suu Kyi—who made such sacrifices for the cause of democracy—do more to help Myanmar’s embattled Muslim community. For many Rohingya,...

ALBANIA Consecration of world’s first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa – Maria Lozano – ACN International
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ALBANIA Consecration of world’s first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa – Maria Lozano – ACN International

ALBANIA Consecration of world’s first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa   Twenty years after the death of St. Teresa of Calcutta thousands of Christians and Muslims came together to celebrate the consecration of the Roman Catholic Co-cathedral in Pristina. St. Teresa Cathedral is the only one in the world dedicated to the Albanian saint. The...

IRAQ – Church leaders worried about consequences for Christians after Kurdish referendum – ACN Malta
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IRAQ – Church leaders worried about consequences for Christians after Kurdish referendum – ACN Malta

  IRAQ Church leaders worried about the consequences for Christians after Kurdish referendum   Since the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq voted overwhelmingly in favour of separation from Iraq last week, tension has been increasing in Iraq. The referendum decision will initiate a process of negotiation between Iraq and Kurdistan, which Kurdish leaders say...

NIGERIA – Bishops demand compensation and help for Boko Haram victims – ACN Malta
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NIGERIA – Bishops demand compensation and help for Boko Haram victims – ACN Malta

NIGERIA Bishops demand compensation and help for Boko Haram victims Bishops in north-west Nigeria are demanding compensation from the government for property destroyed by Islamic militants. Mgr Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of Kaduna, has accused the Nigerian government of not helping the Christian victims of Boko Haram. He said: “In the past six years, insurgents...

MYANMAR – “Healing the country, moving forward  in peace” – statement by Cardinal Bo
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MYANMAR – “Healing the country, moving forward  in peace” – statement by Cardinal Bo

MYANMAR “Healing the Country, Moving Forward  in Peace” – statement by cardinal Bo   Dear Fellow Citizens and International Community,  Greetings.  The recent sad tragic events in our country affecting thousands of  Muslims, Rakhines and Hindus and others have brought the concerned attention of the world.  The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are...

HOLY LAND- Church of Saint Stephen desecrated – ACN Malta
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HOLY LAND- Church of Saint Stephen desecrated – ACN Malta

HOLY LAND Church of Saint Stephen desecrated   The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned the desecration of the Church of St. Stephen by unknown perpetrators. The church is located within the convent of Bet Jemal in western Jerusalem.The patriarch said that on September 20, rioters had broken open the doors of the church and...