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Haiti: Slow return to normality after earthquake
19 Jul 2010
Some Haitians feel as if it happened just days ago, the Rev. Kerwin Delicat, a priest based in the city of Léogâne, said as people prepared to mark six months since the January earthquake. Some progress…
Cuba 'to free political prisoners'
09 Jul 2010
Cuba's Catholic Church has said that the Cuban government will free 52 political prisoners in a major concession to international pressure to improve its human rights. The church said in a statement on Wednesday that five…
An alliance of Christian humanitarian groups is pressing the government of Kyrgyzstan to launch an investigation into the recent civil conflict that left over a half-million people in immediate need of food, water, shelter, and medical…
Nigeria: Eight Christians killed
09 Jul 2010
Christians in two states of Nigeria were mourning the killings of at least eight Christian believers, after Muslim militants reportedly attacked several villages.‘On the night of July 3, several Muslims attacked Kizachi village in Kaduna State…
Niger: Christians ‘starving’, group says
09 Jul 2010
Christians in this vast, drought-prone country on the edge of the Sahara desert, were among those facing starvation after aid groups described the food situation in Niger as ‘extremely desperate’. Save the Children warned that up…
India: Extremists chop off Catholic’s hand
09 Jul 2010
Suspected Islamic militants have chopped off a Catholic professor’s hand in Kerala for allegedly insulting Islam in an exam question paper. Professor T.J. Joseph was attacked on July 4 while returning home from Sunday mass with…