Aid to the Church in Need (UK) is providing £180,000 for a new convent for the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Erbil, the Kurdish capital. The Sisters distribute material help, provide counselling and give Christian education as part of their ministry to more than 100,000 faithful who [...]
SYRIA/MIDDLE EAST Tuesday, 1st September 2015 H.B. Patriarch Gregorios III, one of Syria’s most senior [...]
“Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine.”Such, plain and simple, is the verdict of Roman Catholic Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki of Odessa-Simferopol. Soviet-era communism may be long gone, but the local Church is still in rebuilding mode, the prelate said in an interview [...]
Over 200 Christian representatives from a variety of denominations got together to issue a bipartisan congressional initiative in support of Christians who are facing persecution in North Africa, particularly Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.Among the signatories are Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, former United States Ambassador [...]
Ukraine 25 August 2015“Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine,” Bronislaw Bernacki, Roman Catholic Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, said in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “You have to be crazy about God to persevere here.” Everything is at [...]
Latin Patriarchate condemns Israeli authority’s decision to resume construction of West Bank BarrierKönigstein, Surrey, 24th August 2015. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has strongly condemned the decision to resume the construction of the West Bank Barrier, calling it “an insult to peace.”On Monday 17th August, bulldozers arrived to restart the [...]
Burundi 19.08.2015Father Joseph-Désiré Nijimbere, priest of the Rutovu Parish in the Bururi diocese in Burundi, has well received the support from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) he needed to renovate his presbytery. The new roof arrived at a time when it was most needed: “I believe that Christians [...]
Jerusalem, Holy Land 27 August 2015 “We want to protect our enclosure”: Aid to the Church in Need helps Carmelite nuns on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem By Oliver Maksan“Welcome to our new reception room,” Sister Agathe offers a warm greeting. The nun is the economist of the convent [...]
1) EXODUS OF YOUTH:This absurd war has torn Syria in five years, has forced lots of young Syrians to flee violence, military service, death and chaos...With the closure of consulates and refused visas, these young people spend their fortune and ruin their families to join illegal immigration which is very [...]
Report Visit to Peru August 2015 From April 18th until May 2nd Marco Mancaglia (responsible for Latin America Section I at Aid to the Church in Need) and Regina Lynch (Director of Projects at Aid to the Church in Need, International) visited the southern part of Peru. This is the [...]