Ethiopia/Eritrea 23.04.2015 "It is a tragedy that could well happen again. There are many other migrants in the hands of Isis." The words are those of Don Mussie Zerai, an Eritrean priest, who was speaking to the Italian office of the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church [...]
Cameroon 22.04.2015 The terrorism of Boko Haram is spreading further and further through northern Cameroon. Königstein, Germany 22.04.2015 – In a document made available to the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Bruno Ateba of the diocese of Maroua-Mokolo, complains that the violence perpetrated [...]
Moscow/ Königsteinim Taunus 21.04.2015 – The head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), received the Executive President of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Johannes Freiherr Heereman, and a delegation consisting of members of the executive council of the [...]
Erbil, Iraq 20.04.2015 The Christian refugees – Andrzej Halemba, ACN's representative for the Middle East, sees signs of progress in northern Iraq By Oliver Maksan "Many people are starting to hope again"– such is the situation of the Christian refugees in northern Iraq, according to Father Andrzej Halemba, who [...]
20th April 2015 Dear Friends This is just a short update on the situation in Syria. We had contact today (Friday) with Fr. Ziad Hilal, SJ in Homs. He had been talking earlier to Sr. Annie in Aleppo, who confirmed that many Christian families were leaving the city in [...]
Königstein, Germany 16.04.2015 "The world must not forget Aleppo." With these words Johannes Freiherr von Heereman, the Executive President of the Catholicho are caught up in the war in Syria.Situated in the north of the country, Aleppo is Syria's second largest city and has been the scene of conflict [...]
Dear ACN Friends: I am writing to you, to share with you our great sadness about what is happening in Aleppo. It seems to me Aleppo is a forgotten city, people and the whole world keep silent. Massacres against humanity are being carried out and no one speaks about them. [...]
