{"id":34004,"date":"2019-05-29T06:22:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T06:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=34004"},"modified":"2019-05-29T06:22:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T06:22:49","slug":"aid-to-the-church-in-need-receives-the-2019-path-to-peace-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/05\/29\/aid-to-the-church-in-need-receives-the-2019-path-to-peace-award\/","title":{"rendered":"AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED RECEIVES THE 2019 PATH TO PEACE AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has praised Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)\u2014the recipient of the 2019 Path to Peace Award\u2014as \u201cthe leading organization in the world putting words to the persecution Christians are suffering in certain places and, even more importantly, responding with action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking May 22, 2019 at the Path to Peace Foundation\u2019s annual Award Gala at the Pierre Hotel in New York, Archbishop Auza said that the foundation sought to honor ACN \u201cas a voice crying in the wilderness, echoing the voices of Christians crying out for help.\u201d The archbishop cited ACN\u2019s biennial reports\u2014\u201cPersecuted and Forgotten?\u201d and \u201cReligious Freedom in the World\u201d\u2014as \u201cthe best reports that exist detailing, respectively, the ravages of Christianophobia\u201d as well as the state of religious freedom in 196 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe importance of the information these reports provide cannot be overstated,\u201d said the archbishop, even as ACN \u201chas done even a greater service by all their work on the ground.\u201d Archbishop Auza\u2014who, as a young priest, received a scholarship from ACN that allowed him to study in Rome\u2014noted in particular ACN\u2019s work on Iraq\u2019s Nineveh Plains, where the organization \u201cis leading a what has been boldly called a \u2018Marshall Plan\u2019 for the rebuilding of houses, institutions, churches and lives in response to ISIS destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accepting the award, Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, executive president of ACN International, said that the honor belongs to \u201cthose Christians who, just because of their faith, are persecuted, oppressed, discriminated or silenced. Tonight, in lending them my voice, my hope is that their martyrdom is a little less silent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He continued: \u201cOur work would not be possible without the unflagging support of our benefactors worldwide. We exist because of their extraordinary moral and financial support and we should keep in mind that it is often the mite of the widow which helps us. Our donors are the foundation on which we build bridges of faith, hope and charity in support of the persecuted Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACN was founded in 1947 by a young Dutch Norbertine priest, Father Werenfried van Straaten<br \/>\n(1913 -2003), to help meet the needs of refugees and displaced people in post-World War II Germany. Today, ACN is a papal charity that supports persecuted and suffering faithful with more than 5,000 projects around the world each year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Projects include the construction of churches and chapels; support for the training of seminarians, men and women religious as well as lay catechists; emergency aid; and transportation for clergy and religious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, ACN donors gave more than $100M in aid. Since 2011, ACN has provided more than $70M to support Syrian and Iraqi Christians threatened by ISIS and other Islamist groups, ensuring the survival of Christianity in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cReligious freedom,\u201d said Dr. Heine-Geldern, \u201cis a fundamental human right. It is the responsibility of all nations and international NGOs to protect every individual\u2019s right to religious freedom. We must not give up the fight for the full implementation of this basic human right, which is inseparably linked to the dignity of every human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concluding his remarks, he said that \u201cwe all have an obligation to respond and show our solidarity with Christian communities suffering persecution, though in the end, the hardest job is not ours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cStanding with the faithful on the frontlines, confronting persecution, hate and violence, are courageous men and women\u2014bishops, priests, women religious and lay volunteers. The ultimate servants of peace, they remain with their people. I also dedicate the 2019 Path to Peace Award to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Path to Peace Foundation supports various aspects of the work of the Holy See Mission to the UN. The Foundation also funds humanitarian projects in developing countries. Previous recipients of the Path to Peace Award include: Cardinal Mario Zenari, papal nuncio to Syria; Prince Henri of Luxembourg; and Queen Sofia of Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his opening remarks, Archbishop Auza said that \u201cthe Holy See Mission would not be able to do what we have tried to do in defense of Christians at the United Nations were it not for ACNUSA\u2019s steady and superlative collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are committed to help persecuted Christians everywhere and we want to ensure that global anti-Christian persecution stays front-and-center in the news and public discourse,\u201d said George Marlin, chairman of ACNUSA, adding: \u201cWe are calling on government and Church leaders to make the issue a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has praised Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)\u2014the recipient of the 2019 Path to Peace Award\u2014as \u201cthe leading organization in the world putting words to the persecution Christians are suffering in certain places&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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