“We will not allow this tragedy to divide and isolate us from the rest of the country.” Jolo, Sulu – A small city in military lockdown, an all-out war in the adjacent municipality against violent extremists, families in mourning after burying their dead, injured patients recovering in various hospitals, and some having to be amputated....
Author: ACN Malta Media (Aid to the Church in Need Malta)
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“THE TRUTH WE SPEAK IS NOT WELCOME IN THIS FRATRICIDAL CONFLICT.”
At present the Anglophone areas of Cameroon are being constantly shaken by a conflict between Anglophone separatist groups and the Francophone central government. In this context of fratricidal conflict, the Church is attempting to rekindle dialogue between the two parties. Bishop Emmanuel Abbo of Ngaoundéré, in the Francophone area, who is 49, and Auxiliary Bishop...
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TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE MARGINS
The “Bethlehem Mission” (Missao Belem) is a lay spiritual community of people who devote themselves above all to caring for the homeless, the addicts, the lonely and all those facing a crisis or some other difficult situation. The members of the community, who describe themselves as “missionaries”, share their lives full-time with these homeless victims,...
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“HOW DO WE LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER IN THE ONE HUMAN FAMILY?”
In the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven emirates situated in the Persian Gulf, the official religion is Islam and according to Aid to the Church in Need’s latest report on “Religious Freedom in the World”, the status of religious freedom in the Arabian Peninsula is stable and unchanged. 800 years after the encounter...
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VENEZUELAN CHURCH DENOUNCES THE POLITICAL REPRESSION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Appeal for prayers for peace on Sunday 10 February United in their concern to “avoid still greater suffering and pain for the people” and in their hope for a change in the course of the political and democratic situation that Venezuela is currently going through, the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference have launched a joint communiqué, together...
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“I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANIMOSITY”
“I have never experienced animosity”- Bishop Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar for Southern Arabia The Pope starts on Sunday a historic journey to the United Arab Emirates Bishop Paul Hinder is Apostolic Vicar for southern Arabia. As such, the Swiss Capuchin monk will host the pope when he sets out for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab...