The Voice of the suffering and persecuted
Pakistan: Christian man is murdered for living in a Muslim neighborhood
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“What kind of mentality is this? I really have no answer for it. I don’t know if people in the West can understand what a difficult situation we [Christians] have to face here on account of our faith.”
After 60 years of independence, Africa is still mired in poverty and violence—only the Church is bulwark of positive change
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"The Church functions better than any other institution. Despite the failings and the difficulties, it is the only one of all the institutions inherited from the West that actually performs."
International community is ignoring jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique
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"The people were already living in extreme poverty, facing grave difficulties. The problem is these people are facing the threat of death, of losing their homes, of becoming uprooted.”
In the Philippines, the passing of a martyr for peace
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"His efforts in interfaith dialogue and peacebuilding, culminating in his extraordinary witness of great faith during his kidnapping, provided us with inspiration and a great affection for this man."
In Pakistan, hope for kidnapped Catholic girl forced to marry Muslim captor
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“If the police and the courts know that people in the West are paying attention, they will be under more pressure to follow the law rather than give into extremist groups who are not favorable to Christians.”
In Pakistan, aid for poor Christian families coping with pandemic
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“This aid that you at ACN has given has helped save the people from starvation. Many of them had nothing to put on the table to feed their families and they were in a very scary situation.”
Seoul’s cardinal announces the consecration of Pyongyang to Our Lady of Fatima
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“North Korea is widely considered the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian.” The profession of Christianity, which is seen as “Western,” is “severely punished” in the country.
Turkey: nationalism, not religion, drives the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
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"Ayasofya is a nationalist question. The return serves no purpose from a cultural point of view since Istanbulites have far more mosques than they need, many of them huge and magnificent."
Gravely damaged in war, Cathedral of St. Elijah in Aleppo rises from the ashes
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"It sends a message to the parishioners and Christians in Aleppo—and the world—that we are still in this country despite our dwindling numbers. The restoration of the cathedral is proof of this."
Bishop: ‘the plagues of Egypt are nothing compared to what Venezuela is going through’
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"I met a seminarian who was crying. His parents had been laid off. They have nothing to live on and they can't send their son anything. We are living on God’s providence.”