ACN (Malta) – IL- LEĦEN – Il-Ħadd 18 ta’ Gunju 2017
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IRAQ – ”We want to rebuild our convent and return home” – Daniele Piccini
IRAQ - “We want to rebuild our convent and return home “ On the plains of Nineveh, in Iraq, there are 363 church buildings or other Church properties that were damaged or destroyed by Islamic State and now need to be rebuilt. Dominican Sisters Luma Khuder and Nazek Matty, are [...]
CHINA – Church destroyed and Christians detained in Henan province – ACN Malta
CHINA - Church destroyed and Christians detained in Henan province China Aid, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting religious freedom and human rights for Christians in China, reported that local authorities in Henan province destroyed a Christian church last month. 300 police officers and inspectors turned up for the [...]
CAMEROON – Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop’s murder – ACN Malta
CAMEROON - Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop’s murder Following autopsy results which revealed that a missing archbishop had been murdered a few weeks ago, the bishops of Cameroon have called on the government to “assume its noble task of protecting human life, and notably that of ecclesiastical [...]
SOUTH SUDAN – Pope Francis donates $500000 for aid projects – ACN Malta
Pope Francis donates $500000 for aid projects in South Sudan Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development presented “The Pope for South Sudan” initiative at a press conference. Other speakers were Dr. Michel Roy, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis; Sr. Laura Gemignani, Nzara General Hospital, [...]
NEPAL “You return home humble and pensive” – Maria Lozano – ACN International
NEPAL - “You return home humble and pensive” Johannes Heereman von Zuydtwyck, executive president of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), and Véronique Vogel, head of the Asia section, have returned from a project trip to Nepal. In an interview with Maria Lozano, they talk [...]
SYRIA – “Life is very hard. We cannot go on like this” – ACN Malta
“Life is very hard. We cannot go on like this” – Interview with Fr Hilal from Aleppo Fr Ziad Hilal first visited Malta last autumn when the fighting in Aleppo was at its peak. On his latest visit he spoke to Geraldine Griffiths from Aid to the Church in Need, [...]
Nigeria: The Church under Attack
https://issuu.com/wwwacn/docs/15_-_acn_nigeria_report_eng__06-201
PHILIPPINES – Muslims sheltered Christians during Marawi siege – Josemaria Claro ACN Philippines
PHILIPPINES - Muslims sheltered Christians during Marawi siege Farida, a Muslim store owner in Marawi City, had no choice but to let the terrorists that barged in her store last May 24 plunder her goods and products. But when the armed men turned their attention to her 13 male employees [...]
VENEZUELA -Attacks against the Church escalate – ACN Malta
VENEZUELA - Attacks against the Church escalate Venezuelan bishops have openly criticised President Maduro’s “repressive nature through the suffocation of legitimate protest with excessive and inhuman violence.” Citing the government’s “repressive nature through the suffocation of legitimate protest with excessive and inhuman violence,” the bishops said that they cannot ignore [...]