Posted: 04/20/2015 1:05 pm EDT Updated: 04/20/2015 2:59 pm EDT Religious persecution did not end with Nero and the Roman Empire. In fact, punishment of and hostility toward people of faith is increasing. The group Open Doors recently released its latest World Watch List, warning: “This year, the threshold was higher for a country to make the list,...
Dear Friend We could see – in the social media at least – that our prayer-call for Nepal was very well received in the different countries and we have to thank for so much care and solidarity with the victims of the Nepal earthquake. Aid to the Church in Need reacted directly with a “small”...
Patriarch H.B. Gregorius III Laham Greek Melkite of Antioch and All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem for the Greek Catholics Foto: 26 10 2012 Rome (Synod for the New Evangelization) – photo: ZENIT Syria 08.05.2015 Beirut/Königstein, 08.05.2015. Patriarch Gregory III, the spiritual leader of the Melkite Church, a church that is united with Rome, warned...
“Greeting from Nepal! ” First of all, allow me to express my most heartfelt appreciation on behalf of the people of Nepal for your love, care, concern, prayer, blessing, solidarity and generous financial help to those affected by the devastation wrought by the massive earthquake. Your words of comfort are a source of an immense...
Cameroon A multipurpose hall to be used as a church by Catholics who have fled Boko Haram It is not only in Nigeria but also in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that people are suffering from the violent attacks of the terroristBoko Haram militias. However, these attacks have attracted little publicity in the world...
Beirut, Lebanon 05 May 2015 With over 1.5 million Syrian refugees, Cardinal Rai is worried about the future of his country By Oliver Maksan Beirut/Königstein, 05.05.2015. Patriarch Bechara Cardinal Rai is worried about the religious balance in Lebanon. In an interview with the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) at...
A massive earthquake of 7.9 Richter scale struck the Himalayan Nation of Nepal on 25th April at 11.55 a.m. The epicenter near the western Region of Gorkha District which is approximately 80 kilometer from the Capital City, Kathmandu. The tremor was so strong that the neighboring countries like Tibet, North India, Bhutan and Bangadesh also...
In my country Syria, Christians are caught in the middle of a civil war and they are enduring the rage of an extremist jihad. And it is unjust for the West to ignore the persecutions these Christian communities are experiencing. Syrian Christians are in grave danger; we may disappear soon. We hope that men and...
