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acnuk. org > news > 04/21/2026 > if-there-silence-nothing-will-change-says-former-secretary-general-religious

If there is silence nothing will change" says former secretary general on religious freedom

2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (957+ words) THE first black former Secretary-General to the Commonwealth of Nations has said that conflicts would heal if people of all faiths and none were "willing to come together in one voice and say, "not in my name. Baroness Patricia Scotland…...

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acnuk. org > news > 03/30/2026 > israeli-police-prevent-catholic-leaders-entering-holy-sepulchre-palm-sunday

Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from entering Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (680+ words) AUTHORITIES stopped the most senior Roman Catholics in the Holy Land from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Mass " preventing the Palm Sunday service from going ahead "for the first time in centuries. Israeli police yesterday (Sunday,…...

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acnuk. org > news > 03/10/2026 > former-commonwealth-secretary-general-speak-religious-freedom-conference

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General to speak at religious freedom conference

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (563+ words) BARONESS Patricia Scotland, former Secretary-General to the Commonwealth of Nations, is to give a keynote address at a landmark conference in London addressing increasing challenges to religious freedom around the world. A panel discussion "Dare to Believe " Is Religious Freedom…...

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acnuk. org > news > 01/02/2026 > international-killed-their-faith

INTERNATIONAL: Killed for their Faith

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (586+ words) OVER the last quarter of a century, more than 600 Catholic missionaries worldwide were killed, according to a Vatican agency. Fides, the Pontifical Mission Societies information service, has released figures showing that from 2000 to 2025, 626 missionaries and pastoral workers were killed " including…...