70th Anniversary of Aid to the Church in Need dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima While the Church is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Apparitions at Fatima, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is celebrating the 70th anniversary since its establishment. ACN was consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima by its founder Fr....
Author: ACN Malta Media (Aid to the Church in Need Malta)
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PHILIPPINES – Priest and staff held hostage by Muslim extremists – ACN International
PHILIPPINES – Priest and staff held hostage by Muslim extremists A Catholic priest and his staff are reportedly being held hostage by ISIS-inspired lawless elements that have occupied a number of facilities and public buildings in the Islamic city of Marawi, Central Mindanao, Philippines. Archbishop Socrates Villegas, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the...
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GUINEA – Church flourishes again after years of suppression by dictator – ACN International
GUINEA – Church flourishes again after years of suppression by dictator Guinea is an overwhelmingly Islamic country in which roughly 85% of the population of 11.6 million people are Muslims. Christians make up only around 8%, while the remainder of the population are adherents of traditional African religions. For decades this West African country was...
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SOUTH SUDAN – “It takes unity to achieve peace” – Bishop Kussala – ACN Malta
SOUTH SUDAN – “It takes unity to achieve peace” – Bishop Kussala Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio has published “An Open Letter of Hope and Peace to the Elders of Greater Bahr El Ghazal.” In it Bishop Kussala, the president of the Sudanese Catholic Bishops’ Conference, called on leaders in South Sudan’s...
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BANGASSOU – Catholic bishop shields Muslims
BANGASSOU – Catholic bishop shields Muslims Spanish missionary Bishop Juan José Aguirre of Bangassou in the Central African Republic, has denounced the outbreak of revenge violence against Muslims in his city by the Anti-balaka, a group of mainly animist and anti-Muslim guerrillas. He was speaking to the Spanish office of Aid to the Church...
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Thousands take refuge in church properties as violence erupts again – ACN Malta
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Thousands take refuge in church properties as violence erupts again Violence has erupted once again in the Central African Republic. In response the United Nations plans to deploy additional peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic diamond-mining town of Bangassou to “neutralize attackers, protect civilians and facilitate critical humanitarian support to the...
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CHINA “The communists are afraid of Our Lady of Fatima” – Maria Lozano
CHINA “The communists are afraid of Our Lady of Fatima” Retired Bishop of Hong Kong comments on the situation of the church in China Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun was a guest of Aid to the Church in Need Germany at the Day of Encounters that was held at the German pilgrimage site at Kevelaer this...
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SYRIA – Sign of hope as Aleppo is consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima – ACN Malta
SYRIA – Sign of hope as Aleppo is consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima The war ravaged city of Aleppo saw a ray of hope this month with a consecration to Our Lady of Fatima on 13 May. The consecration of Aleppo took place on the 100th anniversary of the first Marian apparition at Fatima,...
