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Jerusalem Christian schools strike over teacher permit crisis (opens the original)
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Jerusalem’s Christian schools suspended classes on September 1 after Israeli authorities failed to renew entry permits for staff from the West Bank – disrupting the new academic year for more than 8,500 students. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Brother Daoud Kassabry, headmaster of Collège des Frères in Jerusalem, warned that the failure to provide permits for more than 70 teachers and support staff from the West Bank threatened students’ education. He said: “The st
Nigerian bishop calls for end to mob violence (opens the original)
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Following a series of brutal mob killings, a bishop in Nigeria has hit out at the growing scourge of rough justice in the country. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Gerald Musa of Katsina condemned mob violence, saying: “Human life is sacred – there can be no lynching in a civilised society”. Bishop Musa highlighted cases where those accused of offences have been killed without trial, stressing that anyone accused of a crime deserved due process. He said: “Nobo
Colombia earthquake leaves Church leaders facing humanitarian crisis (opens the original)
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The scale of the destruction caused by Colombia’s earthquake has been laid bare by Church leaders struggling to provide hope after entire communities were made homeless by the natural disaster. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) – which has an office in the capital, Bogotá – bishops described grappling with a humanitarian crisis amid reports of nearly 300 dead, almost 4,000 injured and many thousands made homeless. Speaking to ACN, Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez of
Nigerian priest calls for displaced Christians to return to ancestral lands (opens the original)
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A senior priest in Nigeria has called on the government to help Christians in displacement camps desperate to fulfil their dreams and return to their ancestral lands. Father Remigius Ihyula of Makurdi Diocese – where Christians have been forced from their homes in Benue State by terrorist attacks – told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that there is an urgent need to help IDPs (internally displaced persons) return to the farming lands they were driven from. Father Ihyula said: “W
Churches warn Jerusalem tax dispute threatens charitable work (opens the original)
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A dispute over taxes has erupted into a fresh standoff between Churches and Jerusalem city authorities – with Christian leaders warning their charitable work could be at risk. The controversy – which centres on Israel’s Arnona property tax – prompted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to appeal to Pope Leo XIV and other international leaders over fears centuries-old exemptions could be at risk. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop William Shomali, Auxil
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