Banned from education, Afghan girls are married off – UCA News

Since the Taliban seized power in Kabul, many teenage girls have been married off, often to much older men Banned

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A Doctor Begged a Religious Sister for Help. Last Week, She and Her Family Escaped Afghanistan.| National Catholic Register

Sister Byrne is a member of the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious order

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Hunger rife as 90 per cent of Afghan families lack food, aid agencies warn

Humanitarian groups said the country’s outlook is bleak, and the situation will deteriorate without urgent international assistance Hunger rife as

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Pictured: Taliban police recruits displaying their skills at passing out ceremony

Newly trained officers are put through their paces during a graduation parade at the Abu Dujana Training centre in Kandahar,

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Taliban sends daughters to school despite closing classrooms for other female students

As education stops for Afghan girls, high ranking officials are sending their children to overseas state schools and universities Taliban

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Papal aide’s Lebanon visit will have political, pastoral tone | Crux

ROME – On Monday British Archbishop Paul Gallagher began a 5-day trip to Lebanon that will have political, ecclesial, and

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Taliban killed 100 ex-Afghan govt officials, says UN report – UCA News

More than two-thirds of killings were ‘extrajudicial killings committed by the de facto authorities or their affiliates’ Taliban killed 100

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Afghanistan tops Open Doors watch list of worst countries for Christians

Across the globe, Open Doors found that there has been a 24% increase in Christians killed because of their faith.

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The Ongoing Muslim Persecution of Christians

All flesh, like grass, withers. So declared the prophet Isaiah, whose words we recently heard in the first reading for

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Here’s what a young Syrian refugee is hoping for this Christmas – Catholic World Report

As Christmas approaches, Majed knows that he has something important in common with the newborn Jesus. Here’s what a young

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