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Category: <span>E-Newsletters</span>
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Click here to watch the video snippet about emergency relief, housing, schooling, and the pastoral care which Aid to the Church in Need is providing to Iraqi refugees. (MUST WATCH)
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Königstein – Aid to the Church in Need 3 December, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday of the first week of Advent 2014 (Is 25:6-10 Sol 22 Mt 15:29-37) Just a few words, dear friends, because my schedule is tight and pressing, but having just arrived, it is a joy for me to share with...
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Why is the Pope coming to Turkey?
By Sébastien de Courtois, Istanbul (Turkey) Turkey 25.11.2014 Pope Francis will be in Turkey from 28 to 30 November. First he will be visiting Ankara, the capital, then Istanbul in order to meet Patriarch Bartholomew. This visit has great symbolic value and it follows the tradition started by Paul VI in1967, when he...
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Even though Turkey´s Christian population is barely 0,3%, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has supported 100 projects in Turkey in the last twenty years.
A significant amount of Aid to the Church in Need´s help has gone towards Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in the Eastern part of the country. Since 2010 Aid to the Church in Need donated a total of €130.000,- to the Iraqi refugees, mainly via the Chaldean Church and the Salesian Fathers in Istanbul. The Salesians...
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“God brought me to Turkey in His Team!”
The situation of African Catholic Migrants in Turkey By Maria Lozano Turkey, Catholic Migrants 6.5.2013 “I used to play football in a club in Nigeria.My manager told me that I was good and he gave me hope to find a team in Europe. He charged me $4000 for the...
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International High Level Conference on the endangered heritage and cultural diversity of Iraq and Syria
UNESCO Media Advisory No. 2014 – 31 Paris, 27 November –As the humanitarian tragedy continues to unfold in Iraq and Syria, the cultural diversity and heritage of both countries is now being directly targeted.Thesedevelopments need to be taken into account in emergency humanitarian interventions and peace-building plans. Achieving this will be the subject of an...
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Pakistan after the murder of a Christian couple: “To live the faith is a new challenge every day”
Pakistan 27.11.2014 The brutality of the act can hardly be surpassed: in early November, a Christian couple was beaten and burnt to death in the West Pakistani province of Punjab. Both were in their early 30s, the wife was pregnant. The charge: desecration of the Koran. The background: Article 295 of the Pakistan...