John Pontifex and John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need

UK parliamentarians hear plight of Christian women

Revelations about the scale of hate crimes against Christian women in Pakistan and Egypt are to be the subject of a meeting in parliament today.

ACN gives help as fighting in Sri Lanka forces 300,000 to flee

The Bishop of Sri Lanka's stricken northern peninsula has thanked Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need, for sending emergency help as violence forces whole communities to flee their homes.

Iraq archbishop: What we have to fear is fear itself

An Archbishop from Baghdad has warned of how fear is continuing to drive Christians out of Iraq - but went on to highlight new signs of hope.