CHRISTMAS MESSAGEfrom Cardinal Charles Maung Bo - Yangon, Myanmar---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Peace to all people of Good WillDear Brothers and Sisters in Myanmar,Merry Christmas. May the message of Incarnation fills you with Joy. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (Is 9:1)We have every reason to celebrate with the angels [...]
Christmas 2015 - Christmas of Hope The second Christmas,My People and my ChurchAre exiledAs Joseph, Mary, Jesus..in Bethlehem, in EgyptRefugees in foreign lands, Nearby or far .Away from their homes, their green fields.Their churches being empty or destroyed They will pray under tents, caravans or in rented halls,Their bells kept silent, their [...]
Will the Christians of Iraq one day be able to live the joy of Christmas? The feast of the birth of Christ—bearer of justice and peace—building love among people, is one of the greatest feasts celebrated by millions of Christians around the world and particularly in Iraq. A true feast [...]
"Christmas with no joy in their hearts" In the midst of the hell of Aleppo Sister Annie is endeavouring to give the people a merry Christmas – Aid to the Church in Need is supporting her.Christmas music, colourful balloons, lights and a Christmas tree: Sister Annie and her helpers have decorated [...]
149 Iraqi Christian refuges taken to safety in Slovakia in secret operation News has just broken that 149 Christian refugees who escaped from ISIS in Iraq are now safe and will be celebrating Christmas in Slovakia, thanks to a secret co-ordinated rescue mission led by Christian writer Johnnie Moore and by [...]
IRAQ - ACN provides Christmas parcels for 13,500 displaced Christian families This year ACN is again providing Christmas food parcels for 13.500 displaced Christian families from Mossul and Nineveh, as we have done since ISIS led violence in the Middle East forced millions of Christians to flee their homes.With financial aid [...]
Gambia has now been declared an Islamic republic Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, the President of Gambia, recently declared his country , where 90% citizens are Muslim, an Islamic republic. In doing so, Gambia joins a few other officially Islamic countries including Iran, Pakistan and - in Africa, Mauritania.Speaking on state TV, [...]
Twilight of a Church - The Exodus of Middle Eastern Christians Since 2003 (the Iraq war) and especially since 2011 (Arab spring) the exodus of Christians from the east has been increasing. Some reports give only ten years for end of Christianity in the Middle East. This seems to be a [...]
Christmas message from Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart in Syria Dear friends,Here we are, for a fifth year now, celebrating the Feast of the Nativity as bombs are raining down. I do not know how many of you have lived through such a depressing and sad experience, but I can assure you it [...]
