Honduras is the second largest country in Central America. With the exception of those countries where there are ongoing wars, it has the unenviable distinction of having the second highest number of murders anywhere, second only to its close neighbour, El Salvador. Violence is an ever present reality, with robberies, murders and abductions a daily...
The turmoil continues in Nigeria. Reports of the defeat of the terrorist group “Boko Haram” contradict what the priest John Bakeni experiences every day. The priest is responsible for coordinating aid for survivors of terrorist attacks and displaced persons in his native diocese of Maiduguri in northern Nigeria. The international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to...
BAGHDEDA (QARAQOSH), Iraq – On 7 June 2019, Mgr Nizar Semaan, who most recently served in the UK, was ordained Coadjutor Archbishop for the Syriac Catholic Church. He will serve alongside Mgr Petros Mouche and have jurisdiction over Mosul, Kirkuk, and Kurdistan. He was ordained in his hometown of Baghdeda, a mostly Christian town of...
“The attacks have reminded many people of the time when the state of emergency was declared during the civil war. The general public and especially all of the Christians in Sri Lanka are still in a state of shock.” This was the résumé of Veronique Vogel, head of projects in Asia for Aid to the...
Twenty years after the historic visit by Pope St. John Paul II to the “Garden of the Mother of God”, Pope Francis visited Romania from 31 May to 2 June. The motto of the visit was “Let’s Walk Together”. The highlight of this Papal visit was the beautification of seven Greek-Catholic bishop-martyrs who were victims...
Friends and Benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need Malta gathered on 29th May 2019 at The Victoria Hotel Sliema for a Talk to mark the 5th Anniversary of the Pontifical Foundation in Malta with the theme, “Faith and Fortitude…Christians in the Middle East”. Speaking to participants at the event, Mr. Neville Kyrke Smith...
The leader of the Chaldean Church has called on the Iraqi government to put in place and enforce laws “that guarantee Christians and other religious minorities … full citizenship and freedom in practicing their faiths explicitly.” “The absence of serious steps” to protect the rights of minority faiths in the country, said Cardinal Louis Raphael...
