More and more people in Syria are struggling to survive. This is the main finding of an Aid to the Church in Need journey deep into a country where we met family after family desperate for food, warmth, clean clothes, shelter and medicine.
Author: ACN Malta (Aid to the Church in Need Malta)
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India’s bishops urge government to help find Fr Tom – ACN Malta
India’s bishops urge government to help find Fr Tom Following the circulation of widespread rumors that Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil was crucified on Good Friday, Indian bishops wrote to India’s Prime Minister and government , “soliciting their urgent intervention to ensure the safety of Fr. Tom” and urging greater effort in locating the priest. In a 28...
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SIERRA LEONE – Minibus for the one and only seminary in the country – ACN Malta
SIERRA LEONE – Minibus for the one and only seminary in the country To this day Sierra Leone is still suffering from the consequences of its bloody civil war. The economy and the infrastructure have been utterly ruined, and over 70% of the population are living in poverty today. And the situation was made still...
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UKRAINE – Pope Francis praises Ukrainian Greek-Catholics for keeping the faith in difficult circumstances – ACN Malta
UKRAINE – Pope Francis praises Ukrainian Greek-Catholics for keeping the faith in difficult circumstances In a meeting with leaders of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) Pope Francis praised their people, saying they were “tireless witnesses of hope” in Christ amid decades of hardships. The UGCC is the largest of the...
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Vatican offers free health care for poor in Rome – ACN Malta
Vatican offers free health care for poor in Rome Poor and homeless men and women will now be able to turn to the Vatican for medical treatment, the latest initiative to offer care for those persons living on the streets of Rome. Located near the colonnade, the new “clinic for the poor” opened recently,...