THE NEW SAINT, OSCAR ROMERO Pope Francis on Sunday canonized the Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, declaring him a new saint alongside Pope Paul VI and 5 others. The Holy Father praised Romero for disregarding his own life “to be close to the poor and to his people”. Archbishop Romero was murdered in 1980 for speaking out against military...
PRAY FOR ASIA BIBI The final ruling of the Pakistan Supreme Court on the fate of Aasiya Noreen, “Asia Bibi”, a Catholic mother of five from Pakistan who has been in prison for nine years, is around the corner. Asia Bibi was found guilty of blasphemy in 2010 due to a comment she made about...
ACN (MALTA) ORGANIZES THE PREMIER SCREENING OF THE FILM, “AUGUSTINE, SON OF HER TEARS” As a Pastoral Charity dedicated to the three-fold mission of supporting the Church through prayer, re-evangelization and active charity, Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) has organised the premiere screening of the film, “Augustine, Son of Her Tears” in collaboration with the...
MALTESE/GOZITAN CHILDREN PRAYING FOR UNITY AND PEACE Every year on the 18th of October, Aid to the Church in Need organizes one million children from all over the world to pray the Rosary for unity and peace in the world especially for the sake of fellow children in war-torn countries. Aid to the Church in...
WHAT DOES LOVE LOOK LIKE? Last week, we hosted the screening of the film “Augustine, Son of Her Tears”, the first of its kind in Malta and Gozo. The Filmmaker who was present at the event told us that the film featured 50 strong sayings of St. Augustine taken from his book, “The Confessions”. Among...
A MOMENT OF INSPIRATION As a Pastoral Charity dedicated to the three-fold mission of supporting the Church through prayer, re-evangelization and active charity, Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) has organised the premiere screening of the film, “Augustine, Son of Her Tears” in collaboration with the Augustinian Institute. It was an evening of great inspiration and...
LET’S SECURE OUR FUTURE The Gospel says that ‘Jesus went about all the cities and villages… When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; pray therefore the...
ONE MILLION CHILDREN PRAYING THE ROSARY Every year on the 18th of October, Aid to the Church in Need organizes one million children from all over the world to pray the Rosary for unity and peace in the world especially for the sake of fellow children in war-torn countries. Aid to the Church in Need...
“I AM BECAUSE WE ARE” A story is told of an Anthropologist who went to Africa to study the social behaviour of an indigenous tribe. He proposed a game to the children and they willingly agreed to take part in it. He put a basket of fruits under a tree and told them that whoever...
