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Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and the Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Iraqi cardinal pleads for help for Christians on Nineveh Plain

Dec 9, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako has appealed for financial and spiritual aid for Christians in the Middle East, especially in Iraq.  Read more

Police officers patrol city streets in Philippines.

'Once the Church is persecuted, the faith becomes alive': a pastor's story

Nov 26, 2019

By Matt Hadro

On May 4, 2002, Monsignor Romeo Saniel felt the gun against the back of his head and heard a loud click. It... Read more

Faithful in the Diocese of Miao pray for persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

South and East Asia now the hotbed of Christian persecution, report finds

Oct 25, 2019

By Matt Hadro

While Christians in Iraq and Syria suffer in the aftermath of Islamic State genocide, a new “hot spot” of persecution... Read more

Fr. Jude Raj Fernando at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island, Oct. 24, 2019.

‘Our faith is stronger than their bombs’: A Sri Lankan priest in Rome

Oct 24, 2019

By Courtney Mares

As the pastor of a parish in which many families lost a mother, father, or child in a bombing on... Read more

Aleppo, Syria, in 2009.

New campaign to bring food, medicine to Syrian Christians

Jul 17, 2019

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need has launched a new fundraising campaign to aid Syrian Christians, whose... Read more

Coptic Christian boy lights a candle at a church in Cairo.

US Catholics' awareness of Christian persecution increasing

Mar 21, 2019

Nearly half of American Catholics say global persecution of Christians is “very severe,” a 16 percent increase from a year... Read more

Pope Francis lights a candle for Syria during the Angelus Dec. 2, 2018.

Pope Francis lights candle for children in Syria

Dec 2, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Sunday lit a candle, a symbol of hope, to pray for the children affected by violence and war... Read more

Report: 'Aggressive nationalism' fueling threats to religious minorities

Nov 26, 2018

“Aggressive nationalism” is a principal driver of violence and intimidation targeting religious minorities in certain parts of the world, according... Read more

A protest in Lahore on November 2, 2018 following the Pakistan Supreme Court decision on Asia Bibi.

Catholic mother Asia Bibi moved from prison to Islamabad amid death threats

Nov 8, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Pakistani Catholic Asia Bibi was released from prison and moved to Islamabad late Wednesday as her family seeks asylum due... Read more

Syrian Catholic Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe of Mosul blesses a newly-erected cross in Bakhdida, Iraq, May 2, 2017. Photo courtesy SOS Chretiens Orient.

Religious structures next step in Iraqi building process

Jul 4, 2018

By Elise Harris

Since 2014 international charity organization Aid to the Church in Need has spent some 40 million euros [$46.6 million] funding... Read more

Rebecca Bitrus.

Former Boko Haram captive shares harrowing tale of faith, forgiveness

Feb 26, 2018

By Elise Harris

Rebecca Bitrus, who was a prisoner with Boko Haram for two years, is a stark reminder that behind all the... Read more

Colosseum to be lit red for persecuted Christians

Feb 7, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Roman Colosseum will be illuminated by red lights later this month to draw attention to the persecution of Christians... Read more

Rejoice James, who survived a March 2017 attack on her village by Fulani herdsmen. Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.

In Nigeria, brutal attacks and a story of survival

Jan 27, 2018

It is common in Nigeria that nomadic herdsmen clash with farmers over the use of land. However, in the past... Read more

Helda Khalid Jacob Hindi, who was able recently to return with her family to their home of Qaraqosh, Iraq.

On Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, a ten-year-old girl dares to dream again

Jan 18, 2018

Ten-year old Helda Khalid Jacob Hindi, a fifth-grader, is not at a loss for words. She is passionate about her... Read more

CNA file photo

Christianity can survive in Iraq but not without your help

Nov 2, 2017

“Iraq needs aid now, or it will be without Christians,” said Fr. Luis Montes, a missionary priest has been serving... Read more

A survey of damage as seen in November 2016 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Bakhdida, Iraq, which was occupied by the Islamic State Oct. 2014-Oct. 2016.

A modern horror: global persecution of Christians at historic peak, report says

Oct 17, 2017

Anti-Christian persecution is “worse than at any time in history” and in many cases genocide and other crimes against humanity... Read more

Children in the school yard at St Kizito parish school in Dar El Salam, Sudan. Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.

Catholic schools are a pillar of Church in Sudan

Aug 1, 2017

By Oliver Maksan

Dust and mud brick houses everywhere – as far as the eye can see. The houses are indistinguishable in color... Read more

Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni, who was killed for the faith June 3, 2007 in Mosul, is seen with a group of young adults. Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.

This priest and three companions were killed for the faith in Iraq

Jun 9, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

When Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni was confronted by armed men after celebrating the Eucharist at his Chaldean Catholic parish in... Read more

Syrian Catholic Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe of Mosul blesses a newly-erected cross in Bakhdida, Iraq, May 2, 2017. Photo courtesy SOS Chretiens Orient.

Blessing of cross begins rebuilding of Iraqi towns destroyed by Islamic State

May 9, 2017

With the blessing of the cross raised up in the city of Bakhdida May 2, the reconstruction of the towns... Read more

Syrian children.

Charity group appeals to fund milk for Syrian children

Mar 16, 2017

The Spain-based branch of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has issued an urgent appeal for... Read more