John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need

• What future for Iraq's last Christians?

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Mon 25 Feb 2013 10:58 GMT

  Iraq's most senior Catholic leader has said that security is urgently needed to stem the tide of Christians continuing to flee the country.

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  New Iraq patriarch hailed as 'man of courage'

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Tue 5 Feb 2013 12:19 GMT

  Archbishop Louis Sako, 64, has become Patriarch Raphael I of Baghdad of the Chaldeans

• Priest tells of despair in Mali

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Mon 21 Jan 2013 15:48 GMT

  A missionary priest in Mali ministering to displaced people has described their desperate struggle to flee fighting and Islamist extremism as violence intensifies in key parts of the country.

• Bishop pleads for peace in Nigeria

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Thu 15 Nov 2012 12:38 GMT

  A bishop whose diocese in Nigeria experienced a suicide bomb attack at the end of last month has once again called for peace – warning about the dangers of reprisal attacks.

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  In communion with suffering Christians

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Tue 23 Oct 2012 12:52 BST

  Westminster Cathedral Hall was packed as two senior clerics spoke about the help and support being given to suffering Christians in Syria and Nigeria.

• Responding to climate change in Africa

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Fri 1 Jun 2012 14:39 BST

  The challenges of climate change have profoundly affected the Church’s outreach in a region of Africa increasingly afflicted by drought and famine.

• Gold, exploitation and disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Fri 15 May 2009 8:57 BST

  A leading priest from the Democratic Republic of the Congo says that the illegal exploitation of the country’s valuable minerals is fuelling instability in the country and leading to increased fears about the rise of rebel attacks.

• Christmas offerings bring comfort and joy to Iraq

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Wed 24 Dec 2008 21:36 GMT

  Aid to the Church in Need food parcels packed with Christmas goodies have gone out to more than 750 families in Iraq who fled persecution at risk to their lives.

• New commitment to aid Russian Church

  John Newton, Aid to the Church in Need | Sat 29 Nov 2008 15:38 GMT

  Russian Catholic Bishops have held historic meetings with representatives of leading European and American Catholic organisations about the future of the Church in Russia.