Iraq 10.06.2015 In the night of 9 to 10 June 2014 tens of thousands of Christians fled from Mosul, certain that they would soon be able to return to their homes. Now one year has passed, and the second city of Iraq is still in the hands of the [...]
Iraq – Archbishop Warda 09.06.2015 “The support of Aid to the Church in Need was immediate and decisive. Without it we couldn’t provide accommodation to thousands of families,” So said Bishop Bashar Warda, Chaldean archbishop of Erbil, during a conference organized by ACN in Rome yesterday. Since the beginning of [...]
The names of Bosnia Herzegovina’s four dioceses - Sarajevo, Mostar-Duvno, Banja Luka - bring into mind the atrocities against civilians committed in the war that scarred the former Yugoslavia after the collapse of Tito’s communist regime. On December 14th 1995 leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia signed in Paris the [...]
Cameroon A new chapel for a village in the north of the country The parish of Saint Monica in Touroua im northern Cameroon is thriving and growing. One of the villages belonging to the parish bears the name of Koza II. There are already 250 baptised Catholics in the village [...]
Lebanon 2 June 2015 Many Syrian Christians have found refuge in Lebanon – It is not easy for them – Aid to the Church in Need is providing support. By Oliver Maksan Flodia is not feeling well. The young woman is lying in bed with acute abdominal pains. “The whole [...]
South Sudan 03.06.2015 The situation in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical. A number of international organisations have advised the religious sisters here to leave the country. But though they are constantly under threat, they are staying by the side of the people. By Eva-Maria Kolmann The two religious sisters [...]
ACN News Brussels/Königstein 29.05.15 .- Nigerian Bishop Oliver Doeme Dash, speaking to Members of the European Parliament at a private meeting arranged by Aid to the Church in Need on Wednesday May 27, expressed his gratitude at the recent peaceful elections and his confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari to [...]
ucanews.com reporter, Hong Kong :China May 27, 2015 Authorities have stepped up persecution of underground Catholics in Hebei province with the detention of a bishop and a priest as well as the demolition of an altar that left two laywomen injured, all in separate incidents this month. Bishop Julius Jia [...]
Al Quaryatayn, Syria 27.05.2015 Following the abduction of Father Jacques in Syria his brother calls for prayer Königstein/Damascus, 27.05.2015. Following the abduction of the Catholic monk Jacques Mourad and a companion on Thursday last week, the feeling of dismay in Syria is profound. Talking to the international Catholic pastoral [...]
