The Voice of the suffering and persecuted
Pakistan: Christian woman murdered for refusing to convert and marry
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"Sonia’s killing demonstrates the mortal danger girls and young women—especially those from Christian and other minority backgrounds—face in situations where they are under pressure to marry and abandon their faith."
Captive in the desert: the blessing of the great silence
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"I suffered. But the great silence was also a blessing. You find yourself experiencing an inner journey that takes you far and deep.”
New report puts spotlight on Christians ‘unjustly detained’
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"Set Your Captives Free" gives them the chance to tell their stories, call for justice, and appeal for liberty.
Advent Calendar 2020: 24 days of waiting, 24 stories of faith
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Stories of heroism, dedication and suffering of the faithful in countries like Israel, Venezuela, Pakistan, Nicaragua, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Egypt, Indonesia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Ethiopia: ‘we can live in peaceful coexistence’
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"It is imperative that this apartheid constitution is replaced by a new one, which finally will turn Ethiopia into the country that most Ethiopians have wanted for at least 50 years: a democratic federalist state."
During war in Mozambique, ‘those who suffer most are the poor’
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"We cannot be indifferent to the suffering, the pain, the death of so many of our brothers and sisters.”
Bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina condemn mistreatment of Catholics
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it would have been the duty of “native and foreign officials” to create a general “political, legal and material” framework that would have made it possible for the Catholic minority to remain in the country, but this did not happen.
In the time of the pandemic, Mass stipends fill a special need
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"Mass stipends were of great use for me to continue with my daily life. Once again I thank you for your generosity in helping our diocesan priests and I hope you will continue to do the same in the near future.”
Christmas in sight, gifts are earmarked for children in Syria
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25,000 warm anoraks are now being cut and stitched together in the dressmaking and tailoring workshops of local craftsmen and craftswomen in Aleppo.
Nigeria: danger of stigmatization of Fulani
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"there are always accusations and counter accusations either between the Fulani and the local groups, between Christians and Muslims, or between farmers and herdsmen, so much so that the facts are beclouded."