August 13, 2015 Cardinal John Tong Hon brands removal campaign in Zhejiang ‘illegal’ Cardinal John Tong Hon of Hong Kong has issued an “urgent appeal” to Communist Party chiefs in Beijing, calling on them to order a halt to an ongoing cross-removal campaign in Zhejiang province. “I sincerely and urgently appealed to the central government...
Il-Patrijarka tal-Kaldej jimmarka l-anniversarju tat-traġedja ta’ Mosul u l-Wied ta’ Nineveh. BAGHDAD – Fi stqarrija indirizzata lejn il-Gvern u l-Parlament tal-Iraq, il-mexxej tal-Knisja Kaldeja, il-Patrijarka Louis Sako I jikteb bħala l-President tal-Assemblea tal-Isqfijiet Kattoliċi fl-Iraq. Hu appella għall-mexxeja ta’ pajjiżu biex jagħmlu l-aħjar li jistgħu sabiex jegħlbu lill-“gruppi estremisti li jistaħbew wara drawwiet reliġjużi u...
China July 31, 2015 Ceremony seen as possible benchmark for state of Vatican-China relations When Father Joseph Zhang Yinlin is ordained bishop of Anyang in Henan province on August 4, he will become the first publicly ordained Chinese bishop in three years and the first since the Vatican and China restarted its dialogue in June 2014....
Central African Republic Help to print two catechetical books The Central African Republic is a country that many people barely even know exists. And yet this landlocked country in the heart of Africa, with an area of around 240,000 square miles (622,984 km²), is roughly the size of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands...
Erbil,Iraq 05.08.2015 Just before the anniversary of the flight of tens of thousands of Christians Iraqi bishops thank Aid to the Church in Need for building schools Erbil/Königstein – 5 August 2015. Iraqi bishops have thanked the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need for setting up schools for refugee children. Just...
Erbil, Iraq 31 Jul 2015 One year ago, tens of thousands of Christians fled ISIS –those who lived through it remember. On 6 August 2014 the life of the church in Iraq was changed forever: more than 120000 Christians were forced to flee from jihadists of the terrorist organisation “Islamic State” (IS or ISIS)....
Syria 04.08.2015 Patriarch Gregory III Laham recently visited the international headquarters of the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). in Königstein. He reports on his encounters with people who have lost everything. When Patriarch Gregory III walks in the streets of Damascus in the late evening, people ask: “Has he no...
Burundi 06.08.2015 Königstein/Rom, 06.08.2015. “We have no idea how this grave crime will affect the already difficult situation in our country. But undoubtedly this killing will have serious consequences.” So said Father Lambert Niciteretse, the secretary general of the bishops’ conference of Burundi. He was speaking to ACN about the murder of General Adolph...
With our help it was possible to offer the food packages for 13,000 displaced families during the month of June 2015. In the previous months the organization such as WFP and World Vision supplied the IDPs with food or cash to buy the food. No doubt, giving cash simplifies the support and does not involve...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Monday, 20th July 2015 Königstein/Surrey, 20th July 2015. Jihadist training camps made up of nearly 1,500 children as young as nine have been uncovered in central Africa, according to reports received by a leading Catholic charity at work in the region. Sources close to Aid to the Church in Need...
