Ukraine 19.05.2015 Königstein, 19.05.2015 – The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, stressed during a visit to the international office of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Needthat it was important at this time in particular to be committed to reconciliation and [...]
Aleppo, Syria, May 15, 2015 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A four-year civil war in Syria has left a mounting death toll and displaced millions of persons, but one bishop is staying to rebuild the Church in Aleppo, in the northwest corner of the country. “The Church is living,” Melkite [...]
Iraq Wednesday, 20th [...]
By Maria Lozano “Please, come to help!” Those were the words that led Sister Caterina Gasparatto to set out from 21st-century Italy and go back in time to the Stone Age – or more precisely to the diocese of Bereina in the central province of Papua New Guinea. So it [...]
Aleppo, Syria 15.05.2015 Heavy battles are expected – a religious sister reports on the situation of Christians in Aleppo Königstein/Aleppo, 15.05.2015. "Pray for Aleppo. People are fearful as never before in recent years." With these heartrending words the Armenian Catholic religious Sister Annie Demerjian appealed on Wednesday to the [...]
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Bosnia 12.05.2015 years after the end of the civil war here, the young people of the country in particular are looking forward to the visit of the Pope "Bosnia? What was all that about, then?" Many people are surprised to hear that Pope Francis is due to pay the Bosnian [...]
Jerusalem, Holy Land 13.05.2015 On Sunday Pope Francis will canonise two Palestinians. Jerusalem's Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali regards them as intercessors for the World Church. Jerusalem/Königstein, 13.05.2015. "The canonisation of the Palestinian Blessed Marie Alphonsine Ghattas and Blessed Mariam Baouardi on [...]
Father George Odafe from the Archdiocese of Kaduna is one of the many priests that you are supporting in northern Nigeria. He visited our UK Office last month and was keen to express his heartfelt thanks to you, the benefactors of ACN. He said: “Aid to the Church in Need [...]
