The Voice of the suffering and persecuted
Syria: ‘please don’t forget us’
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The world has begun to forget about Syria and that’s painful.”
Nigerian archbishop: ‘our priests, nuns and catechists are not for sale’
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"Paying a ransom means putting everyone for sale and in danger, all the priests, nuns and collaborators of the Church who move continuously between the villages, without enjoying any kind of comfort, but always ready to sacrifice themselves for the love of God and His people."
Ethiopia is living a nightmare
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“Hundreds of citizens are being killed in the conflicts in the Tigray region. Nobody knows for sure the number of dead, but we have been told that there are priests and church leaders among them. Shops, schools, churches and convents have been robbed and destroyed."
In Egypt, Christmas season saw violent attacks on Christians
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“I fear for him getting sick or catching the coronavirus, as he suffers from dyspnea and does not have suitable clothes for winter, wearing only light prison clothes,”
Ethiopia: Surge in violence leads to up to 1,000 deaths
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"The people hiding in the church were brought out and shot in the square."
The Central African Republic is at the mercy of looters and mercenaries
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"In the battle at a geopolitical level the ordinary people of the country are no more than pawns in a game of chess."
Lebanon: Church will not abandon refugees and the needy
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Since 2019, the aid supplied by ACN for various projects in support of the refugees in Zahle has come to a total of $4.4M. A considerable part of this aid includes paying rent and providing some accommodation for people like the Rief family.
Pakistani Catholic family fights against forced conversion of their daughter
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"That same night the investigating officer told me that she had accepted Islam. I was shaken to the core."
In Venezuela, a bishop’s last plea for peace and justice
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“This year the embrace of God is more powerful than ever for all the children of this land, orphaned of embraces. His weeping was the announcement of peace and the passage from suffering to glory … God with us and us with God.”
Bishop in the Congo: ‘We have been on the Via Dolorosa for years’
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"The people here simply don’t count. They have the feeling that the government doesn’t even exist here. We feel as though the state authorities have abandoned us.”