Syria 17.09.2015 Bishop Audo: Help us to stay on in Syria – only 50,000 Christians now left in Aleppo “We Christians are determined to stay on in Syria and continue to give our witness.” This was the assurance given by Chaldean bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo during a conference organised by the Italian national...
Author: ACN Malta (Aid to the Church in Need Malta)
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Sunday mass goes on as usual – Catholics defy terrorist threat
For millions of Catholics in Europe, celebrating Sunday Mass in a suitable church building without fear of terrorist attack is something we take for granted. But for Bishop Bruno Ateba, the bishop of the diocese of Maroua-Mokolo, it is the subject of his heartfelt prayer. After the suicide attacks last July in the town of...
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Cuba Needs Mercy
Catholics on the Island Await Pope With Great Hope Oliver Maksan of Aid to the Church in Need The Catholic Church in Cuba is looking forward with great expectation to the visit of Pope Francis, which began on Saturday. “It is a gift of God that within a short period of time he is already...
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Pope Francis’ first speech evokes revered symbols for Cubans
Pope Francis Evokes Revered Symbols for Cubans in First Speech From the revolutionary José Marti to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Pope Francis evoked hallowed symbols of the Cuban people as he arrived on Saturday in a country that is mostly Catholic but has relatively few churchgoers after more than five decades of...
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Escalating violence in India – frequent attacks on clergy, schools and congregations
Although Christians in India are now being persecuted on a daily basis, clergymen are often the first to be singled out because of their high visibility in small religious communities. Rural clergy of all Christian denominations are being targeted in particular by right wing Hindu nationalist groups. In 2013, 70-year-old Indian pastor Rev Krupaiah and...
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ACN – providing emergency aid in Aleppo and other cities in Syria
“The Church must give the people bread with one hand and the Bible with the other” ACN has carried out 140 emergency aid and pastoral projects – £5 million (€8 million) – in Syria since the conflict began four years ago. One such project enables 140 students to continue to attend university.Another project provides rent...
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MARTYRDOM – Mgr. George Frendo O.P.
The mission of the new People of God was to be exercised in a world hostile to Christ and to his disciples (cf Jn 15, 20). We can, therefore, understand why the Holy Spirit, which the Christian community was due to receive, needed to strengthen this community in the witness it was to bear before...
