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Christians in Nigeria keep the faith amidst lingering insurgency and persecution
January 19, 2021
Nigeria is about evenly divided: a little more than half the country’s 206 million people are Muslim, a little fewer than half are Christian. In the northern part of the country, Islam stands as the dominant faith, while Christianity stands in the South – but most of the killings take place in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where the halves of the country meet. While religion was not originally an issue linked to conflict in Nigeria, it has risen to the fore.
The Beat Goes On: CNEWA Approaches 100 Years of Service
January 13, 2021
Led by an English priest, Msgr. Richard Barry-Doyle, one initiative in particular raised awareness, funds and eyebrows throughout the United States. Msgr. Barry-Doyle’s “Call of the East” packed music halls and theaters. Later incorporated in Pennsylvania as The Catholic Near East Welfare Association, the new outfit sought to raise funds to help address the many needs of the endangered Eastern churches and the people they served.
A mockery of justice: Authorities wink at child brides
December 28, 2020
Aid to the Church in Need has been following closely the case of Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Catholic girl from Madina Town, near Faisalabad.
Watch groups: Christians in Turkey face suppression, exploitation
December 09, 2020
Christians account for roughly 160,000 citizens, or roughly 0.2% of the total population in Turkey. (Image: Hagia Sophia, which was inaugurated as a mosque July 24. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.)
Iraqi Patriarch: Pope’s visit will bring “word of hope” to suffering nation
December 08, 2020
"It gives us great hope," the Chaldean Patriarch said, "to hear [Pope Francis's] speeches and his encouragement to remain in our land."
Reports: Pentecostal Christian killed in India
October 26, 2020
Rights monitors have recorded significant increase in anti-Christian activity in the area.
Long Read: what we can learn from the cardinals who survived Communism
November 07, 2017
The Church has survived brutality. But it might not survive the compromising of its values
Christians facing worst persecution in history, report says
October 12, 2017
Aid to the Church in Need accuses the international community of failing to take the situation seriously enough
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