Persecution
Events
- Persecuted and Forgotten? Launch and Prayer Vigil for Martyrs
- Persecuted and Forgotten? Westminster Mass and Event
- Protest March against Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
- The Suffering Church Today
- Aid to the Church in Need 2011 Westminster Mass and Event
- Shahbaz Bhatti Memorial Peace Rally
- Faith and Courage – Witness to Faith South East Event
News
- NIGERIA: Government afraid that tackling Boko Haram extremists will cost votes, says bishop
- UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Widdecombe calls for pressure on MPs to stop persecution of Christians
- INTERNATIONAL: Christian persecution "downplayed" by UK government report
- LIBYA: Catholics will continue silent testimony despite church arson attack, says bishop
- PAKISTAN: Could the Government have prevented the violence?
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Multi-faith rally marks anniversary of Shahbaz Bhatti's assassination
- SYRIA: Murder of priest leaves Christians in fear
- UNITED KINGDOM: Supporters stand in communion with suffering Christians in Syria and Nigeria
- NIGERIA: Charity head says continuing terrorist attacks must stop
- PAKISTAN: Could disabled girl's case change Blasphemy Law?
- NIGERIA: Security crackdown on Boko Haram extremists long overdue, says Archbishop
- PAKISTAN: Blasphemy case girl Rimsha's release is a "breakthrough" for justice
- MIDDLE EAST/SCOTLAND: Christians vital to Middle East peace, priest to tell Paisley audience
- PAKISTAN: Top Catholic human rights activist says blasphemy case against Rimsha Masih is "engineered"
- PAKISTAN: Were nurses poisoned for drinking tea in Ramadan?
- NIGERIA: "Christians must convert" says Islamist group
- NIGERIA: Anger and hatred at "dangerous level" say bishops
- NIGERIA: Bishops say "Do not retaliate" following church bombings
- PAKISTAN/UK: Defend religious freedom, inter-faith delegates tell embassy
- UNITED KINGDOM: Night of Witness is a night to remember
- PAKISTAN & EGYPT: Suffering of Christian women exposed
- INTERNATIONAL: Aid to the Church in Need's call to defend religious freedom
- NIGERIA: Bishops say government too weak to stop Islamists
- SYRIA: Emergency aid to Homs as nearly all Christians flee the violence
- UNITED KINGDOM: 'Is Arab Spring turning to Winter?' asks charity head
- PAKISTAN: UK Christians remember Shahbaz Bhatti with peace concert
- PAKISTAN: Scotland's Cardinal O'Brien calls for Shahbaz Bhatti to be made a saint
- SYRIA: Bishop fears mass exodus of Christians on a par with Iraq
- UNITED KINGDOM: Cardinal's tribute to Pakistan's "truly remarkable hero"
- UKRAINE: Roman Catholic church seized by communists to be restored as a place of worship
- NIGERIA: Leaders must act to stop violence
- NIGERIA: Archbishop slams media reports of religious civil war following attacks on churches
- INDIA: Three arrested for killing Catholic catechist
- IRAQ: Midnight Mass is cancelled amid safety fears
- PAKISTAN: Another Christian accused of blasphemy by burning Qur'an
- RUSSIA: "We are stronger together" say Orthodox and Catholic leaders
- INTERNATIONAL: Aid to the Church in Need backs call for international day for persecuted Christians
- EGYPT: Extremists' election success sparks fear among Christians
- PAKISTAN: Top Muslim lawyer says 95 percent of blasphemy charges are false
- PAKISTAN: Christians suffer discrimination in Pakistan's prisons
- SCOTLAND:"Stand up and witness to the Gospel" says Bishop Toal
- UNITED KINGDOM: PM's "crucial step forward" on overseas aid
- UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Widdecombe says "If David Cameron is tough on governments which persecute gays, why can't he be tough on those who persecute Christians?"
- EGYPT: Church blames state security forces for deaths of 25 Christians
- INDONESIA: Growing Islamisation threat to Christian islands
- IRAN: Speak up and pray out loud for death sentence Iranian Christian
- IRAQ: Christians clinging on to hope in Ankawa as numbers triple
- IRAQ: Bishops spell out suffering of Iraqi Christians to EU president
- UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Widdecombe to speak at Westminster Event
- INDIA: Police condemned after church arson attack in Hyderabad
- INDIA: Attacks on Christians continue in Orissa
- INDIA: Healing the wounds of persecution three years after attacks
- SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL: Gift from Pope John Paul II for persecuted WYD11 pilgrims
- IRAQ: Bishop denounces extremists' freedom to kill
- IRAQ: Bombers target the Church in Kirkuk again
- SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL: World Youth Day exhibition highlights Christian persecution
- IRAQ: Kirkuk's Christians need more security
- PAKISTAN: Bishop says action for minorities "down-graded"
- IRAQ: Archbishop praises courage of Christians after Kirkuk bomb blast
- PAKISTAN: Muslim leaders apologise for Gojra atrocities
- BELARUS: Tributes paid as Cardinal who survived the gulags dies
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Marching to 10 Downing Street for justice and religious freedom
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Top Scots Cardinal says stop persecution in Pakistan
- EGYPT: Change in law may make building churches easier
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Aid to the Church in Need backs Pakistan blasphemy law protest
- SUDAN: Bishop warns of "impending genocide" on north-south border
- INDONESIA: President "sleeps" while churches are attacked
- PAKISTAN: Islamist extremists say "Ban the Bible"
- IRAQ: Christians are afraid to stay but afraid to leave too
- IRAQ: Young Christian beheaded in Kirkuk
- UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL: Be careful where you help, says charity's director
- SYRIA: Will Christians be driven out?
- EGYPT: "Step up security before it's too late" says bishop
- IRAQ: Christians defy security risks to attend Good Friday service
- UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL: Ann Widdecombe to be special envoy on religious freedom
- UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL: New report reveals 75 percent of religious persecution is against Christians
- PAKISTAN: Archbishop asks "Who will defend us now?" after politician's murder
- PAKISTAN: Charity head calls for human rights to accompany aid
- EUROPE: EU must acknowledge persecution of Christians
- EUROPE: Aid to the Church in Need backs call to stop attacks on Christians
- IRAQ: Christians are being driven out of the country, says senior cleric
- IRAQ: Concrete walls erected around churches to protect Christmas worshippers
- IRAQ: Emergency help for Christians fleeing persecution
- PAKISTAN: Fresh hope of reprieve for condemned woman
- IRAQ/UK: Families mourn victims of Baghdad church attack
- IRAQ: Terrorists strike Christians in Baghdad again
- IRAQ: Faithful return to pray in bombed cathedral
- IRAQ: Baghdad archbishop: "I pray for hope" after attacks
- IRAQ: Two priests killed in attack on Baghdad Church
- SUDAN: Church calls for action against guerrilla attacks
- UNITED KINGDOM: Heroic priests at October events
- PAKISTAN: Government to blame for refusing to protect the poor from floods
- PAKISTAN: Police apologise to victims of anti-Christian violence
- PAKISTAN: "Justice must be served" after Christian killings
- PAKISTAN: Church will not give way to fear, despite new killings
- UNITED KINGDOM/MIDDLE EAST: Crisis at the crossroads of faith
- PHILIPPINES: Cathedral destroyed by extremists to be rebuilt
- IRAQ: Bishops' show of solidarity with blast victims
- IRAQ: Does anyone care about the latest bomb blast in Mosul?
- UNITED KINGDOM: Marilla Ness supports persecuted Christians with Scotland concert
- IRAQ: Easter Mass attendance renews hope in times of strife
- NIGERIA: Were village attacks revenge for January violence?
- IRAQ: Archbishop says "Fast and pray against these heinous acts" after Mosul murders
- SCOTLAND: Marilla Ness's first Scottish concert - in aid of suffering Christians
- IRAQ: Bishop speaks about murders in Mosul
- PAKISTAN: Christians suffering as second-class citizens
- IRAQ: We must never lose hope, says new Iraqi archbishop
- INTERNATIONAL: 'Where God Weeps' website launched
- INDIA: Plan to save island shrine to Saint Anthony
- EGYPT: Improving education and employment key to overcoming extremism
- PAKISTAN: A Christmas of faith and fear for Christians
- IRAQ: Churches in Mosul come under attack
- IRAQ: Church and convent bombed
- VENEZUELA: Will Chavez seize Church property?
- LEBANON: New spiritual centre builds hope among the living stones
- UNITED KINGDOM: Northampton keeps faith with the Church in need
- UNITED KINGDOM: Pakistan bishop opens new Aid to the Church in Need office in Scotland
- IRAQ: Is nowhere safe for under-fire Christians?
- SUDAN: Don't abandon us to our fate, pleads bishop
- PAKISTAN: Young Christian's suspicious death sparks national outcry
- PAKISTAN: Teenage love match ends in disaster for Christians
- HOLY LAND: Patriarch's plea to UK Catholics
- NIGERIA: Church enjoying growth in Islamic state
- IRAQ: Situation for Christians going from bad to worse
- INDIA: Victims of anti-Christian attacks left to rot in slums
- PAKISTAN: Hope rises from the ashes of despair
- PAKISTAN: Aid to the Church in Need speaks out against Blasphemy Laws
- PAKISTAN: Christians burned alive in extremist attacks
- NIGERIA: Priest warns of "Talibanisation" amid violent clashes
- INDIA: Catholics targeted by fellow Christians
- NIGERIA: Government afraid that tackling Boko Haram extremists will cost votes, says bishop
- UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Widdecombe calls for pressure on MPs to stop persecution of Christians
- INTERNATIONAL: Christian persecution "downplayed" by UK government report
- LIBYA: Catholics will continue silent testimony despite church arson attack, says bishop
- PAKISTAN: Could the Government have prevented the violence?
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Multi-faith rally marks anniversary of Shahbaz Bhatti's assassination
- SYRIA: Murder of priest leaves Christians in fear
- UNITED KINGDOM: Supporters stand in communion with suffering Christians in Syria and Nigeria
- NIGERIA: Charity head says continuing terrorist attacks must stop
- PAKISTAN: Could disabled girl's case change Blasphemy Law?
- NIGERIA: Security crackdown on Boko Haram extremists long overdue, says Archbishop
- PAKISTAN: Blasphemy case girl Rimsha's release is a "breakthrough" for justice
- MIDDLE EAST/SCOTLAND: Christians vital to Middle East peace, priest to tell Paisley audience
- PAKISTAN: Top Catholic human rights activist says blasphemy case against Rimsha Masih is "engineered"
- PAKISTAN: Were nurses poisoned for drinking tea in Ramadan?
- NIGERIA: "Christians must convert" says Islamist group
- NIGERIA: Anger and hatred at "dangerous level" say bishops
- NIGERIA: Bishops say "Do not retaliate" following church bombings
- PAKISTAN/UK: Defend religious freedom, inter-faith delegates tell embassy
- UNITED KINGDOM: Night of Witness is a night to remember
- PAKISTAN & EGYPT: Suffering of Christian women exposed
- INTERNATIONAL: Aid to the Church in Need's call to defend religious freedom
- NIGERIA: Bishops say government too weak to stop Islamists
- SYRIA: Emergency aid to Homs as nearly all Christians flee the violence
- UNITED KINGDOM: 'Is Arab Spring turning to Winter?' asks charity head
- PAKISTAN: UK Christians remember Shahbaz Bhatti with peace concert
- PAKISTAN: Scotland's Cardinal O'Brien calls for Shahbaz Bhatti to be made a saint
- SYRIA: Bishop fears mass exodus of Christians on a par with Iraq
- UNITED KINGDOM: Cardinal's tribute to Pakistan's "truly remarkable hero"
- UKRAINE: Roman Catholic church seized by communists to be restored as a place of worship
- NIGERIA: Leaders must act to stop violence
- NIGERIA: Archbishop slams media reports of religious civil war following attacks on churches
- INDIA: Three arrested for killing Catholic catechist
- IRAQ: Midnight Mass is cancelled amid safety fears
- PAKISTAN: Another Christian accused of blasphemy by burning Qur'an
- RUSSIA: "We are stronger together" say Orthodox and Catholic leaders
- INTERNATIONAL: Aid to the Church in Need backs call for international day for persecuted Christians
- EGYPT: Extremists' election success sparks fear among Christians
- PAKISTAN: Top Muslim lawyer says 95 percent of blasphemy charges are false
- PAKISTAN: Christians suffer discrimination in Pakistan's prisons
- SCOTLAND:"Stand up and witness to the Gospel" says Bishop Toal
- UNITED KINGDOM: PM's "crucial step forward" on overseas aid
- UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Widdecombe says "If David Cameron is tough on governments which persecute gays, why can't he be tough on those who persecute Christians?"
- EGYPT: Church blames state security forces for deaths of 25 Christians
- INDONESIA: Growing Islamisation threat to Christian islands
- IRAN: Speak up and pray out loud for death sentence Iranian Christian
- IRAQ: Christians clinging on to hope in Ankawa as numbers triple
- IRAQ: Bishops spell out suffering of Iraqi Christians to EU president
- UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Widdecombe to speak at Westminster Event
- INDIA: Police condemned after church arson attack in Hyderabad
- INDIA: Attacks on Christians continue in Orissa
- INDIA: Healing the wounds of persecution three years after attacks
- SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL: Gift from Pope John Paul II for persecuted WYD11 pilgrims
- IRAQ: Bishop denounces extremists' freedom to kill
- IRAQ: Bombers target the Church in Kirkuk again
- SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL: World Youth Day exhibition highlights Christian persecution
- IRAQ: Kirkuk's Christians need more security
- PAKISTAN: Bishop says action for minorities "down-graded"
- IRAQ: Archbishop praises courage of Christians after Kirkuk bomb blast
- PAKISTAN: Muslim leaders apologise for Gojra atrocities
- BELARUS: Tributes paid as Cardinal who survived the gulags dies
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Marching to 10 Downing Street for justice and religious freedom
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Top Scots Cardinal says stop persecution in Pakistan
- EGYPT: Change in law may make building churches easier
- UNITED KINGDOM/PAKISTAN: Aid to the Church in Need backs Pakistan blasphemy law protest
- SUDAN: Bishop warns of "impending genocide" on north-south border
- INDONESIA: President "sleeps" while churches are attacked
- PAKISTAN: Islamist extremists say "Ban the Bible"
- IRAQ: Christians are afraid to stay but afraid to leave too
- IRAQ: Young Christian beheaded in Kirkuk
- UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL: Be careful where you help, says charity's director
- SYRIA: Will Christians be driven out?
- EGYPT: "Step up security before it's too late" says bishop
- IRAQ: Christians defy security risks to attend Good Friday service
- UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL: Ann Widdecombe to be special envoy on religious freedom
- UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL: New report reveals 75 percent of religious persecution is against Christians
- PAKISTAN: Archbishop asks "Who will defend us now?" after politician's murder
- PAKISTAN: Charity head calls for human rights to accompany aid
- EUROPE: EU must acknowledge persecution of Christians
- EUROPE: Aid to the Church in Need backs call to stop attacks on Christians
- IRAQ: Christians are being driven out of the country, says senior cleric
- IRAQ: Concrete walls erected around churches to protect Christmas worshippers
- IRAQ: Emergency help for Christians fleeing persecution
- PAKISTAN: Fresh hope of reprieve for condemned woman
- IRAQ/UK: Families mourn victims of Baghdad church attack
- IRAQ: Terrorists strike Christians in Baghdad again
- IRAQ: Faithful return to pray in bombed cathedral
- IRAQ: Baghdad archbishop: "I pray for hope" after attacks
- IRAQ: Two priests killed in attack on Baghdad Church
- SUDAN: Church calls for action against guerrilla attacks
- UNITED KINGDOM: Heroic priests at October events
- PAKISTAN: Government to blame for refusing to protect the poor from floods
- PAKISTAN: Police apologise to victims of anti-Christian violence
- PAKISTAN: "Justice must be served" after Christian killings
- PAKISTAN: Church will not give way to fear, despite new killings
- UNITED KINGDOM/MIDDLE EAST: Crisis at the crossroads of faith
- PHILIPPINES: Cathedral destroyed by extremists to be rebuilt
- IRAQ: Bishops' show of solidarity with blast victims
- IRAQ: Does anyone care about the latest bomb blast in Mosul?
- UNITED KINGDOM: Marilla Ness supports persecuted Christians with Scotland concert
- IRAQ: Easter Mass attendance renews hope in times of strife
- NIGERIA: Were village attacks revenge for January violence?
- IRAQ: Archbishop says "Fast and pray against these heinous acts" after Mosul murders
- SCOTLAND: Marilla Ness's first Scottish concert - in aid of suffering Christians
- IRAQ: Bishop speaks about murders in Mosul
- PAKISTAN: Christians suffering as second-class citizens
- IRAQ: We must never lose hope, says new Iraqi archbishop
- INTERNATIONAL: 'Where God Weeps' website launched
- INDIA: Plan to save island shrine to Saint Anthony
- EGYPT: Improving education and employment key to overcoming extremism
- PAKISTAN: A Christmas of faith and fear for Christians
- IRAQ: Churches in Mosul come under attack
- IRAQ: Church and convent bombed
- VENEZUELA: Will Chavez seize Church property?
- LEBANON: New spiritual centre builds hope among the living stones
- UNITED KINGDOM: Northampton keeps faith with the Church in need
- UNITED KINGDOM: Pakistan bishop opens new Aid to the Church in Need office in Scotland
- IRAQ: Is nowhere safe for under-fire Christians?
- SUDAN: Don't abandon us to our fate, pleads bishop
- PAKISTAN: Young Christian's suspicious death sparks national outcry
- PAKISTAN: Teenage love match ends in disaster for Christians
- HOLY LAND: Patriarch's plea to UK Catholics
- NIGERIA: Church enjoying growth in Islamic state
- IRAQ: Situation for Christians going from bad to worse
- INDIA: Victims of anti-Christian attacks left to rot in slums
- PAKISTAN: Hope rises from the ashes of despair
- PAKISTAN: Aid to the Church in Need speaks out against Blasphemy Laws
- PAKISTAN: Christians burned alive in extremist attacks
- NIGERIA: Priest warns of "Talibanisation" amid violent clashes
- INDIA: Catholics targeted by fellow Christians