The greatest challenge is to retain hope Rome/Königstein, 11.06.2014. "We have never witnessed anything like it before. A large city like Mosul plunged into chaos and at the mercy of the groups that have attacked it". That is how Chaldean Archbishop Amel Shimon Nona of Mosul has described to ACN [...]
Can Christianity Survive Persecution? Algeria The church in Algeria did not suffer persecution in the strict sense, but it was severely attacked during the years of Islamic terrorism (1991-1999). We shall try to explain the sense of this attack and to show why and how our church was able to [...]
Eminence, Excellences, dear friends, Can Christianity survive persecution? As Christians, our first thought would be to say: yes, of course! Christianity will never disappear. Look at the history of the Church! All the Apostles except John were martyrized, we went through three centuries of persecution and then the persecution continued [...]
Mathew Limo* from Zanzibar: "They want to convert my children to Islam" Mathew Limo knows what to expect when he goes to church with his family. On the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, where 98 % of the population is Muslim, Christians are given the cold shoulder. The past year has been [...]
The conference opened 12th of may in the morning at St John Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta. His Em Cardinal MAURO PIACENZA President of ACN International concelebrated high mass with the visiting Church dignitaries and the Maltese Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona, the Auxiliary Bishop Mgr Charles Scicluna, HB the Patriarch of Syria [...]
