Kien ta’ pjaċir għalina li nhar is-Sibt, 5 ta’ Settembru 2015, f’laqgħa ta’ kortesija, li saret fil-Kunvent ta’ Sant’ Antnin, Għajnsielem, id-Direttur Nazzjonali tal-Aid to the Church in Need (Malta), Stephen Axisa, iltaqa’ flimkien mal-E.T. Mons. George Buġeja O.F.M., Isqof Koadjutur tal-Vigarjat Appostoliku ta’ Tripli, il-Libja, Isqof Titulari ta’ San Leone, u ltaqa’ wkoll mal-E.T....
Uganda Mass stipends for the priests teaching at the seminary in Ggaba The tradition of making a Mass offering, or stipend, for the celebration of Holy Mass by a priest for a particular intention – for the soul of a departed person, for example – is an ancient one in the Church. The offering that...
Aid to the Church in Need (UK) is providing £180,000 for a new convent for the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Erbil, the Kurdish capital. The Sisters distribute material help, provide counselling and give Christian education as part of their ministry to more than 100,000 faithful who fled to Kurdistan a year...
SYRIA/MIDDLE EAST Tuesday, 1st September 2015 H.B. Patriarch Gregorios III, one of Syria’s most senior Catholic leaders has...
“Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine.”Such, plain and simple, is the verdict of Roman Catholic Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki of Odessa-Simferopol. Soviet-era communism may be long gone, but the local Church is still in rebuilding mode, the prelate said in an interview with international Catholic charity Aid...
Over 200 Christian representatives from a variety of denominations got together to issue a bipartisan congressional initiative in support of Christians who are facing persecution in North Africa, particularly Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.Among the signatories are Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Mary...
Ukraine 25 August 2015 “Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine,” Bronislaw Bernacki, Roman Catholic Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, said in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “You have to be crazy about God to persevere here.” Everything is at the very beginning; in...
Latin Patriarchate condemns Israeli authority’s decision to resume construction of West Bank Barrier Königstein, Surrey, 24th August 2015. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has strongly condemned the decision to resume the construction of the West Bank Barrier, calling it “an insult to peace.” On Monday 17th August, bulldozers arrived to restart the building of the...
Burundi 19.08.2015 Father Joseph-Désiré Nijimbere, priest of the Rutovu Parish in the Bururi diocese in Burundi, has well received the support from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) he needed to renovate his presbytery. The new roof arrived at a time when it was most needed: “I believe that Christians had heart ache to...
Jerusalem, Holy Land 27 August 2015 “We want to protect our enclosure”: Aid to the Church in Need helps Carmelite nuns on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem By Oliver Maksan “Welcome to our new reception room,” Sister Agathe offers a warm greeting. The nun is the economist of the convent of the...
