Aleppo’s Catholic Church is helping rebuild hope in the shattered city through an innovative programme of support for young people and children. In an interview with the National Catholic Register, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo has said the Church
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According to Trans World Radio, 80 percent of those unreached with the Gospel live in a country where YouTube is the first or second most visited website? For ministries, that’s something to think about. and for TWR, it means diversification
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Nissar and his wife were brought up as Muslims, but 20 years ago came to faith in Christ. Since then they and their children have been regularly abused and attacked, told to move out of the predominantly Muslim area of
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A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed into a village in Kyrgyzstan, killing all four crew and at least 33 people on the ground. The Boeing 747, operated by ACT Airlines, a subsidiary of Turkish Air, crashed
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Nepalese Christians are having difficulty obtaining rights to their own burial grounds and are being forced to bury their dead in nearby forests at night, according to a Christian lobby group in Nepal. C.B. Gahatraj, general secretary of the Federation
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The terrible situation faced by refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe has been laid bare by Christian Aid, a relief organistion workiong amongst refugees. The organstion says that refugees in Greece and Bulgaria are in a desperate situation. According to Christian
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The Government of Sindh Province, southeastern Pakistan, has rejected a law that would punish forced conversions with a prison sentence of up to life imprisonment. The bill was originally adopted unanimously by the provincial assembly last November, and welcomed by
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Hundreds of women from North Korea are being trafficked across the border into north-east China, where they face abuse and exploitation, according to Open Doors Ministry. The women are taken from North Korea and sold into marriage or servitude, with
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Hundreds of Yemeni orphans may be forced onto the streets due to a lack of government funding, according to the head of the country’s largest orphanage. The Dar Ri’ayat al-Aytam orphanage in Sanaa has been struggling with a lack of funds
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Foreign non-governmental organisations, including social and environmental advocacy groups, fear they could inadvertently break the broadly defined new rules that take effect in China next month, with some even closing down to avoid such pitfalls. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s administration
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