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Concerns for Turkey’s Christian minority after Sunday attack claimed by ISIS

January 29, 2024

ROME – In the wake of a shooting at a Catholic church in an Istanbul neighbourhood that left one person dead, fear is once again on the rise among Turkey’s embattled Christian minority. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. The violence on Sunday, 27 January, occurred at the Church of St. Mary in the

Islamic insurgency intensifies in eastern DRC

May 19, 2021

A scene of destruction in Butembo-Beni diocese on 24 March 2021, following an attack by suspected ADF/NALU forces. Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need Islamic insurgents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are engaged in “relentless” violence. A bishop from a hard-hit diocese in the country has given a leading Catholic

Mozambique: Thousands missing, many feared dead after IS militants seize town

April 01, 2021

Members of the militant Islamic ISIS network have claimed responsibility for the attack, which may have left as many as 50,000 people homeless.

Daesh (ISIS) attack in Mozambique leaves dozens dead

March 31, 2021

Brazilian missionary Fr. Edegard Silva in Pemba told ACN the people were becoming used to these attacks. “They were already expecting it," he said, "because over the past two weeks these evildoers and insurgents had been carrying out a series of attacks in the Nangade region, and almost all the communities close to Palma has already been attacked.”

Pope Francis in Iraq: Overview

March 04, 2021

Asked in February why he was making a tour of Iraq at a time of growing political tension and worries about the spread of Covid, Pope Francis replied: “I am the pastor of people who are suffering.”

The Village Church of Tel Hormiz: A story of Syrian Christianity in adversity

January 22, 2021

ISIS destroyed the village church of Tel Hormiz, one of the last homes of the Church of the East. Sam Sweeney Reports

Pope Francis sends condolences to Austria in wake of terror attack

November 03, 2020

Pope Francis has sent condolences to the people of Austria after deadly terror attacks in Vienna that began Monday evening near Seitenstettengasse synagogue at roughly 8 p.m. when multiple suspects opened fire on passers-by.

Iraqi Sister who fled Islamic State is denied entry to Britain for the second time

June 21, 2018

Dominican Sister Ban Madleen was applying to visit her family