A massive earthquake of 7.9 Richter scale struck the Himalayan Nation of Nepal on 25th April at 11.55 a.m. The epicenter near the western Region of Gorkha District which is approximately 80 kilometer from the Capital City, Kathmandu. The tremor was so strong that the neighboring countries like Tibet, North [...]
In my country Syria, Christians are caught in the middle of a civil war and they are enduring the rage of an extremist jihad. And it is unjust for the West to ignore the persecutions these Christian communities are experiencing. Syrian Christians are in grave danger; we may disappear soon. [...]
Nepal 28.04.2015 Kathmandu/Königstein, 28.04.2015. NEPAL’s Catholic bishop has given a graphic account of the country’s catastrophic earthquake, describing how he was lucky to survive. In a message yesterday (Monday, 27th April), Bishop Paul Simick said he “saw houses falling like a pack of cards,” and that people “were running [...]
Interview 27.04.2015 24 April 1915 marks a black day in the history of Armenia. In the early hours of 25 April 1915, the Ottoman Empire began to carry out genocide against the Armenians in Anatolia. Around 600 people, intellectuals, authors, journalists, members of the clergy, lawyers, doctors, members of [...]
Ethiopia/Eritrea 23.04.2015 "It is a tragedy that could well happen again. There are many other migrants in the hands of Isis." The words are those of Don Mussie Zerai, an Eritrean priest, who was speaking to the Italian office of the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church [...]
Cameroon 22.04.2015 The terrorism of Boko Haram is spreading further and further through northern Cameroon. Königstein, Germany 22.04.2015 – In a document made available to the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Bruno Ateba of the diocese of Maroua-Mokolo, complains that the violence perpetrated [...]
Moscow/ Königsteinim Taunus 21.04.2015 – The head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), received the Executive President of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Johannes Freiherr Heereman, and a delegation consisting of members of the executive council of the [...]
Erbil, Iraq 20.04.2015 The Christian refugees – Andrzej Halemba, ACN's representative for the Middle East, sees signs of progress in northern Iraq By Oliver Maksan "Many people are starting to hope again"– such is the situation of the Christian refugees in northern Iraq, according to Father Andrzej Halemba, who [...]
20th April 2015 Dear Friends This is just a short update on the situation in Syria. We had contact today (Friday) with Fr. Ziad Hilal, SJ in Homs. He had been talking earlier to Sr. Annie in Aleppo, who confirmed that many Christian families were leaving the city in [...]
