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Pakistani bishop hails court rejection of anti-Christian pogrom whitewash
February 23, 2024
The president of Pakistan’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference has welcomed a Supreme Court decision to reject a government report into the authorities’ response to attacks described by Church leaders as the “worst incident against Christians” in the nation’s history. Bishop Samson Shukardin praised Pakistan’s highest court which threw out the government report on the attacks in
Christians under grave pressure in the Holy Land
November 01, 2023
All sides must work together to ensure that Israel and Palestine step back from the precipice of annihilation, says John Pontifex. “We need medicine. Many hospitals have been destroyed. Our school has also been damaged but we’re not leaving.” Contacting us from northern Gaza, Sister Nabila was defiant: “People have nothing, not even the basic essentials. Where
Pakistan Christians reeling after violence
September 21, 2023
Catholic bishops in Pakistan call for justice after angry Muslim mob carries out ʻworst attack on  Christians in nationʼs historyʼ. Christians in Pakistan are reeling from mob violence described by the country’s Catholic bishops as the worst attack against them in the nation’s history. Urgent action is needed to demonstrate that members of this vulnerable
Violent attacks on Christians in Pakistan “co-ordinated and meticulously planned”
August 19, 2023
PAKISTAN – Evidence emerging from Pakistan’s Jaranwala district is pointing towards a comprehensive attempt to force the ejection of each and every Christian from the area and erase all signs of their presence.  Thousands of Christians fled as a huge mob of extremists descended on the district near Faisalabad in the Punjab Province. The apparent
Mass exodus as mobs burn churches and homes in Pakistan
August 17, 2023
Up to 15 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of Christian homes destroyed after extremists went on the rampage in Pakistan. Christians from the Punjab town of Jaranwala, near Faisalabad, fled en masse as fanatics began throwing rocks and stones and setting fire to buildings.  The incident follows an accusation of blasphemy against a
One year on from a massacre at a church in Nigeria where more than 40 people died, the search for justice remains elusive
July 01, 2023
Nigeria is the world’s most deadly place to be a Christian. John Pontifex asks when the West will shake off its apparent indifference to the plight of those targeted for their faith and call the country’s new government to account. Standing on the steps of 10 Downing Street with colleagues from Aid to the Church
Christians in Pakistan suffer plight
May 21, 2023
‘If we showed our faces in public, we could easily be targeted, lynched even. We can’t stay in one location. We have to keep on the move for our own security. The person who succeeds in killing us knows they would be hailed as a hero.” Looking at the two Christian women across the table
Why are more Christians killed in Nigeria than everywhere else combined?
February 16, 2023
“Allahu Akbar!” shouted a terrorist in Spain recently as he wounded a priest and killed a sacristan in broad daylight. God is great, certainly, but what made the deranged man think that God will reward acts of murder?  Such a question is all too often asked in Nigeria where persecution of priests and other Christians
Christians still attacked and killed for the Faith
December 02, 2022
Growing extremism and intolerant nationalism are to blame for increased persecution of Christians. John Pontifex says a new report by a Catholic charity must be a wake-up call
Growing extremism and intolerant nationalism are to blame for increased persecution of Christians, says new report by Catholic charity
November 16, 2022
John Pontifex explores why ACN’s new report – Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2020-22 – should be a wake-up call to governments who claim to be the champions of religious freedom. “My God, it is hard to be chained and receive blows but I live this moment as you
Stop the horror of persecution
November 30, 2021
John Pontifex on the Red Wednesday campaign calling on the UK government and UN to take action to end sexual violence against Christian women
A mockery of justice: Authorities wink at child brides
December 28, 2020
Aid to the Church in Need has been following closely the case of Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Catholic girl from Madina Town, near Faisalabad.
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