Königstein – Aid to the Church in Need 3 December, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday of the first week of Advent 2014 (Is 25:6-10 Sol 22 Mt 15:29-37) Just a few words, dear friends, because my schedule is tight and pressing, but having just arrived, it is a joy [...]
Why is the Pope coming to Turkey?
By Sébastien de Courtois, Istanbul (Turkey) Turkey 25.11.2014 Pope Francis will be in Turkey from 28 to 30 November. First he will be visiting Ankara, the capital, then Istanbul in order to meet Patriarch Bartholomew. This visit has great symbolic value and it follows the tradition started by [...]
Even though Turkey´s Christian population is barely 0,3%, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has supported 100 projects in Turkey in the last twenty years.
A significant amount of Aid to the Church in Need´s help has gone towards Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in the Eastern part of the country. Since 2010 Aid to the Church in Need donated a total of €130.000,- to the Iraqi refugees, mainly via the Chaldean Church and the Salesian [...]
Being a Christian refugee from Iraq in Istanbul
Turkey [...]
“God brought me to Turkey in His Team!”
The situation of African Catholic Migrants in Turkey By Maria Lozano Turkey, Catholic Migrants 6.5.2013 “I used to play football in a club in Nigeria.My manager told me that I was good and he gave me hope to find a team in Europe. He [...]
International High Level Conference on the endangered heritage and cultural diversity of Iraq and Syria
UNESCO Media Advisory No. 2014 - 31 Paris, 27 November –As the humanitarian tragedy continues to unfold in Iraq and Syria, the cultural diversity and heritage of both countries is now being directly targeted.Thesedevelopments need to be taken into account in emergency humanitarian interventions and peace-building plans. Achieving this will [...]
Pakistan after the murder of a Christian couple: “To live the faith is a new challenge every day”
Pakistan 27.11.2014 The brutality of the act can hardly be surpassed: in early November, a Christian couple was beaten and burnt to death in the West Pakistani province of Punjab. Both were in their early 30s, the wife was pregnant. The charge: desecration of the Koran. The background: [...]
Chinese government has intensified the persecution recently
By Marta Petrosillo, Aid to the Church in Need Rom, 24.November - «We shouldn’t get our hopes up. I don’t see any sign of an immediate improvement in China-Holy See relations», cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, former bishop of Hong Kong, told Aid to the Church in Need after speaking [...]
Escaping ISIS: Iraq’s Christians find refuge at Jordan church
By Jomana Karadsheh, Samira Said and Chelsea J. Carter,CNN October 5, 2014 -- Updated 1922 GMT (0322 HKT) Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- They arrived at the church with only what they could carry: clothes, pictures and a few family heirlooms. It's all that is left of a life before [...]