Good news! Remember Asia Bibi? The Pakistani Catholic mother of five who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010? She has been proved innocent and set free. Pakistan’s Supreme Court this morning (Wednesday, 31st October) overturned the death sentence hanging over the Catholic labourer from Punjab who in 2010 became the first woman in...
Author: ACN Malta Media (Aid to the Church in Need Malta)
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MARAWI: ONE YEAR AFTER
MARAWI: ONE YEAR AFTER One year after Islamic terrorists were driven out of the city of Marawi in the Philippines, thousands of Christians are still unable to return to their homes, reduced in many cases to debris, with almost all of them still bearing bullet marks. The attack of jihadist groups linked to the self-proclaimed...
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A DAILY NIGHTMARE
A DAILY NIGHTMARE The city of Jos, in Northern Nigeria, has suffered long years of violent inter-religious crises in the past and just when it seems to be rising up like the phoenix from the ashes, the incessant Fulani herdsmen attacks which have torched many other states in the Country, makes this impossible. Last month,...
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SYNOD: A RENEWED ZEAL
SYNOD: A RENEWED ZEAL On the day Pope Francis launched the Preparatory Document of the Synod of Bishops, he said to the young people, in the words of St. Benedict, “The Church wishes to listen to your voice, your sensitivities and your faith; even your doubts and your...
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BURKINA FASO: A FRAGILE OASIS OF PEACE BETWEEN MALI AND NIGER
An interview with Bishop Raphaël Dabiré, President of the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and Bishop of the diocese of Diébougou, in the southwest of Burkina Faso. His country, which borders on both Niger and Mali, is subject like its two neighbours to the pressures exerted by jihadist groups on all the peoples of the...
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PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FOR THEIR FAITH
Prayers are being organised every day for the release of Father Pier Luigi Maccalli, the SMA Priest who was abducted on the 17th of September in Niger. The prayer which is held on Radio Maria Liberia is being championed by the brother of the abducted Priest, Fr. Walter Maccalli who is also a missionary of...
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THANK YOU POPE JOHN PAUL II
Today the Church celebrates Pope John Paul II, the Pope of many things but more special to me as the Pope of the Youth. Thank you Pope John Paul II for initiating the World Youth Day. Thanks to the great benevolence of my Archbishop, Most. Rev Ignatius Kaigama, I was privileged to participate in two...
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THANK YOU FOR THE MASS OFFERINGS
THANK YOU FOR THE MASS OFFERINGS When you request for the Holy Mass to be offered for you or your loved ones, living or deceased, it serves a double-fold purpose. The Mass offers great graces for you and your loved ones while the offerings help the Priests who are carrying out pastoral work in places...