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Father Akalotovich was arrested on November 17, 2023, in the city where he carries out his ministry Photo: Belsat

Persecuted Christians

Murder of young Suleman Masih shocks Christian community in Pakistan

According to information provided to the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) by the Pakistani priest, Fr Lazar Aslam OFM, Suleman Masih was a very hardworking and entrepreneurial young man. He began his journey collecting waste materials and with a lot of efforts eventually acquired agricultural machinery to work on wheat and rice fields. Over the past year, he achieved considerable success, managing 25 acres of land and owning a vehicle.

Persecuted Christians

How many missionaries were killed in 2024? List released

From 2000 to 2024, a total of 608 missionaries and pastoral workers were killed. As the information on their biographies and the circumstances of their deaths shows, the missionaries and pastoral workers killed were not in the spotlight, but worked to bear witness to their faith in everyday life, not only in contexts marked by violence and conflict

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Nicaragua will be left without nuns and religious: government expels them all and sets date for their departure

Many of these nuns are expected to seek refuge in Latin American countries where their congregations already have established communities. The regime has systematically dissolved nonprofit organizations affiliated with the Church, effectively cutting off the nuns’ legal framework to operate within the country