{"id":24557,"date":"2017-09-05T06:37:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24557"},"modified":"2017-09-05T06:37:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:37:57","slug":"burkina-faso-acn-reaches-poor-regardless-religion-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/09\/05\/burkina-faso-acn-reaches-poor-regardless-religion-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"BURKINA FASO &#8211; ACN reaches out to the poor regardless of religion &#8211; ACN International"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BURKINA FASO<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACN reaches out to the poor regardless of religion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the aftermath of last month\u2019s Islamist attack on restaurant goers in Burkina Faso, the Church is renewing its commitment to poor people \u2013, especially young girls \u2013 at a time of growing extremist influence in the country. Raphael D\u2019Aqui, from Aid to the Church in Need, said that Catholic outreach in education, healthcare, and other welfare support \u2013 supported in part by the Catholic charity \u2013 was vital in a country coming under growing influence from countries promoting Islamism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. D\u2019Aqui, head of ACN projects for parts of Africa, was speaking after suspected Islamist militants killed at least 18 people and wounded several others during a raid on a restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of the West African country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. D\u2019Aqui contrasted the Church\u2019s \u201cpowerful spirit of service and a desire to be of help to all society\u201d against \u201cthe catastrophe of terrorism, a plague that is so difficult to eradicate\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Highlighting Islamic countries\u2019 investment in Burkina Faso and other less prosperous countries, Mr. D\u2019Aqui said: \u201cIn a country in which approximately 60 percent of the population is Muslim, the influence of the Islamic countries is considerable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThere are NGOs here from Qatar, Kuwait and other countries which \u2013 together with the social help they [provide] \u2013 are exporting their own ideology and their own interpretation of the Qur\u2019an. They are prepared to bore wells, build mosques and help the poor, but they focus their aid exclusively on Muslims.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said that, by contrast, the Church was providing care for people of different faiths. Saying that the aid extends to the north of the country, where Christians are less than one percent of the population, he added: \u201cIn the field of healthcare and education, thanks to the various religious congregations which are working here, the Church is providing a service for the whole of society\u2026 not merely for the Christians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. D\u2019Aqui said: \u201cThe Church maintains important education centers for young children, with a special care for the poorest and for girls.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACN is supporting religious Sisters providing medical care in Burkina Faso irrespective of faith background and helping the Church\u2019s pastoral work such as the construction of a parish church and multi-purpose center in the Diocese of Tenkodogo and also a new chapel in Arbinda parish, in the Diocese of Dori.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ACN International<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BURKINA FASO ACN reaches out to the poor regardless of religion &nbsp; In the aftermath of last month\u2019s Islamist attack on restaurant goers in Burkina Faso, the Church is renewing its commitment to poor people \u2013, especially young girls \u2013 at a time of growing extremist influence in the country. 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