ACN (Malta) – Il-Ħadd 30 ta’ Ġunju 2019
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“TRUST GOD WHO ALONE CAN DELIVER US”
A Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Jalingo, North Eastern Nigeria, Fr. Batare Eugene has called on Catholics in the region to forgive one another and return to God who alone he said could give and take life. He made the call during a funeral service held on June 21, [...]
SOWING HOPE FOR MORE CHRISTIAN FAMILIES IN IRAQ
As part of its reconstruction efforts in the Nineveh Plains, Iraq, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has begun work to restore the homes of 41 Christian families in the town of Bartella. Approximately 220 additional people will benefit from this project, the latest in ACN's program, [...]
LIVING THE GOSPEL AMID FLYING BULLETS
In the midst of war the Poor Clares Sisters stayed together with their people. The Angolan War of Independence (1961–74) freed the country from its colonial Portuguese rulers but immediately plunged it into a 27 year long civil war (1975-2002). The civil war spawned a disastrous humanitarian crisis, internally [...]
MALTESE SISTERS, CARING FOR THE POOR IN PAKISTAN
Sr. Frances Farrugia, a Maltese Sister and Head of Dominican Missionary Sisters in Pakistan who is receiving aid from ACN thanks to your generosity relates how the Sisters continue their mission in a country where 96 percent of the people are Muslim and where Christians are the target of repeated [...]
SUPPORTING THE WORK OF MALTESE MISSIONARIES ABROAD
Sister Marianne Farrugia, Delegate Superior of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart is managing to continue her pastoral and social work thanks to your prayers and compassion The mission of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart, a Maltese Founded Congregation working in the Philippines is a living witness of how [...]
WITNESSES OF MERCY
“God is rich in His mercy”, writes Sister Marta Litawa, of the Pallottine Sisters in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and she herself bears living witness to this mercy. Along with her fellow Sisters she is there where the need is greatest, especially among the sick and malnourished [...]
ACN (Malta) – Il-Ħadd 23 ta’ Ġunju 2019
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HONDURAS: 3000 Bibles and 3000 copies of the DOCAT for Pastoral Care and Evangelization
Honduras is the second largest country in Central America. With the exception of those countries where there are ongoing wars, it has the unenviable distinction of having the second highest number of murders anywhere, second only to its close neighbour, El Salvador. Violence is an ever present reality, with robberies, [...]
Nigeria: “The attacks on Christians are becoming more aggressive ”
The turmoil continues in Nigeria. Reports of the defeat of the terrorist group “Boko Haram” contradict what the priest John Bakeni experiences every day. The priest is responsible for coordinating aid for survivors of terrorist attacks and displaced persons in his native diocese of Maiduguri in northern Nigeria. The international [...]