Stephen Axisa d-Direttur Nazzjonali tal-Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) nhar l-Erbgħa 15 ta’ Lulju 2015 ġie mistieden minn Fr. Alfred Vella Delegat ta’ l-Arċisqof għall-laqgħa annwali li l-Kummissjoni Emigranti u t-Turiżmu torganizza għas-Saċerdoti, Reliġjużi u Lajċi Missjunarji fejn iltaqgħu ma’ Mons. Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna. Waqt din il-laqgħa Stephen ippreżenta lil Mons. Arċisqof,...
What is known as the circumscription of Maiduguri diocese has gone through untold hardship and pains. Our people are been massacred daily. Travelling from one part of the diocese to another has become dangerous as it is deadly. From Maiduguri which houses the Episcopal Throne – the head quarter of the diocese to the...
Nigeria, July 02, 2015 But peace surrounding latest election brings hope This report is contributed by Dennis Peters of Aid to the Church in Need. Kaduna, Nigeria, and neighbouring Zaria hold bitter memories. Located in the center of the country, more or less on the fault line between the Muslim north and the Christian south,...
Syria Monday, 6th July 2015 Königstein/Sutton, 6th July 2015. A priest who was killed in Syria while caring for his people trapped in a war zone should be considered for canonisation, according to a fellow Jesuit who was his friend and colleague. Father Frans van der Lugt was assassinated by an unknown sniper in...
Armenia 07.07.2015 Königstein/Rom, 07.07.2015. “We were certain that the Pope would remember the genocide, and his courage has changed the attitude of the entire world.” The words are those of Archbishop Minassian, the Ordinary of Eastern Europe for the Armenian Catholics, who was speaking to ACN about the reactions of his community to the...
Pope’s journey to ECUADOR, BOLIVIaaND PARAGUAY 2July 2015 Königstein (2July 2015) —From 5to 13 Julythe Holy Father will make an eight-day visit to Ecuador, Boliviaand Paraguay. Following the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 this will be the Argentinian Pope’s second trip to Latin America. He has chosen as his destination the...
South Sudan 08.07.2015 Königstein/Juba.- 08.07.2015 – Representatives of the international pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) travelled to South Sudan recently, where they were told first-hand about the terrible situation of the refugees and internally displaced peoples uprooted by the current conflict in the states of Upper Nile and Unity...
Tunis, Tunisia 09. Jul. 2015 The Christians in the country are shocked following the jihadist attack on Western tourists Königstein, 09. July 2015. Following the jihadist terror attack on tourists in Tunisia at the end of last week, the priest of the Catholic cathedral of Tunis emphasised that the majority of Tunisians are...
Report on Christians in Nigeria 01.07.2015 By Dennis Peters Kaduna and Zaria, two towns in the center of Nigeria which lay on the border between the Christian south and Muslim north, have suffered Boko Haram’s bloody attacks. They are also places where, after the 2011 elections, at least 900 Christians were slain. With the...
28/06/2015 The following is a summary of the content of the Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine, based on the text provided by L’Osservatore Romano. The Agreement has a specific nature that takes into account the legal and political situations that surround the conflict, and the rules that have gradually...
