John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need

$Syrian Church leader pleads for end to \'war of extinction\'$
Syrian Church leader pleads for end to 'war of extinction'

The leader of Catholics in Syria has issued a desperate plea for international help, describing how one child was killed and 60 others were injured when a bomb landed on a school playground during a spate of attacks in Damascus.
Nigerians risk death to attend Mass

More than 2,000 people in northern Nigeria risked their lives by turning out for Sunday Mass yesterday while their city was being bombed.
$South Sudan church leader: \'We have lost everything\'$
South Sudan church leader: 'We have lost everything'

Diocese decimated by violence and looting, ACN offers emergency help after all priests and Sisters are evacuated
Sisters, staff and pupils narrowly avoid violence and death in Nigeria

A disabled man from northern Nigeria has spoken of his horror as he was forced to watch extremists carry out a string of atrocities including the killing of four men as well as arson attacks that razed a Catholic school to the ground.
Threat of famine in South Sudan

"People are on the edge of starvation and, if nothing happens, people will fall into that situation" â Mgr Roko Taban Mousa
Pakistan needs harmony

New Archbishop of Lahore sets out his vision in a country wracked by violence
$Hopes of a brighter future stir in Egypt\'s Christians$
Hopes of a brighter future stir in Egypt's Christians

Bishops' delight as 98 per cent vote 'yes' for constitution
$Patriarch\'s plea for peace in Syria$
Patriarch's plea for peace in Syria

Syria's Catholic leader makes urgent prayer appeal ahead of Geneva II conference
Christmas passes peacefully for Copts in Egypt

Egypt's Coptic Christians had reason to be of good cheer this Christmas after early reports showed that their festive celebrations passed off without incident â unlike in previous years.
Christmas gifts for grieving families in Syria

Displaced Christian families in Syria who have lost loved ones in acts of persecution and other violence are to receive a special offering this Christmas â thanks to the benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need.
Attacks on Christians as horrific as Kristallnacht against Jews, says MP

An MP has told a parliamentary debate that the persecution of Christians today should be compared to the Kristallnacht attack on Jews instigated by the Nazis.
Keep the faith in Syria

A Syrian prelate â ordained a bishop only last month â has spoken of his dismay at the country's mass exodus of Christians but is convinced that the future of one of the world's oldest Church communities is assured.