Mirror News – Issue March / April 2016
India’s ruling BJP party uses divisive religious tactics to win critical by-election – ACN Malta
India’s ruling BJP party uses divisive religious tactics to win critical by-election Recent news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a by-election in the troubled Muzaffarnaga region is of concern to religious minorities in India, including Christians. The reason is that BJP deliberately used divisive [...]
SUDAN – Finding the strength to forgive – Clare Creegan
SUDAN - Finding the strength to forgivePope Francis’ Year of Mercy can help refugees find the strength to forgive, says a Sudanese bishop. During the Holy Year Christians are invited to focus on the merciful God and encouraged to reflect on their faith. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church [...]
PHILIPPINES “Fears are growing in the local Christian communities.” – Marta Petrosillo
PHILIPPINES - "Fears are growing in the local Christian communities.""In some areas of Mindanao we are experiencing exactly the same thing as is happening in Iraq.” These startling words are those of Father Sebastiano D’Ambra, an Italian missionary of the PIME congregation who has spent nearly 50 years in the Philippines. [...]
How your donations are helping remaining Christians in Aleppo – ACN Malta
How your donations are helping the remaining Christians in Aleppo The next two weeks are crucial for Aleppo; the fight for the city is cruel. Even if the media are writing that it is a disaster because Russia and Assad are bombing the rebels’ position, Christian project partners consider this to [...]
SYRIA – Aleppo under fire once again – ACN Malta
Life under attack in Aleppo - Extract from a letter sent by Fr Ibrahim Two missiles on Ram.8Dear friends,I try to tell you what is happening here in Aleppo, since the army’s offensive to take back the city began. On the night between the 3rd and the 4th of February, [...]
What the Pope said
Pope Francis invited all Mexicans to be a church that is the voice and hope for building a different world of opportunity for all.During his visit Pope Francis made several important declarations on topics that were relevant not only to the Mexican people but the entire world.The environmental challenge“We have [...]
Highlights of the Pope’s visit – ACN Mexico
Highlights of the Pope's visitPope Francis' visit to Mexico is his first as pontiff. He is the third Pope to visit the country: St. John Paul II visited Mexico five times over the course of his 27 year pontificate and Benedict XVI went there in 2012. During his visit, the Pope [...]