Please don’t abandon Syria Heart-broken Patriarch’s desperate plea to stop ‘tsunami’ of youth emigration – Clare Creegan and John Pontifex
SYRIA/MIDDLE EAST Tuesday, 1st September 2015 H.B. Patriarch Gregorios III, one of Syria’s most senior [...]
In Ukraine You Have to Be Crazy About God to Persevere-Eva – Maria Kolmann – Aid to the Church in Need.
“Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine.”Such, plain and simple, is the verdict of Roman Catholic Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki of Odessa-Simferopol. Soviet-era communism may be long gone, but the local Church is still in rebuilding mode, the prelate said in an interview [...]
US Christians launch joint initiative to support persecuted Christians in the Middle East – George Marlin – Head of ACN in US
Over 200 Christian representatives from a variety of denominations got together to issue a bipartisan congressional initiative in support of Christians who are facing persecution in North Africa, particularly Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.Among the signatories are Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, former United States Ambassador [...]
Ukraine: “You will not last long here without a calling” – Eva-Maria Kolmann
Ukraine 25 August 2015“Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine,” Bronislaw Bernacki, Roman Catholic Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, said in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “You have to be crazy about God to persevere here.” Everything is at [...]
“An insult to peace” Patriarch Fouad Twal
Latin Patriarchate condemns Israeli authority’s decision to resume construction of West Bank BarrierKönigstein, Surrey, 24th August 2015. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has strongly condemned the decision to resume the construction of the West Bank Barrier, calling it “an insult to peace.”On Monday 17th August, bulldozers arrived to restart the [...]
Burundi: The “Cross of Youth” in the Parish ‘Queen of Hope’ of Rutovu – Fr. Joseph-Désiré Nijimbere
Burundi 19.08.2015Father Joseph-Désiré Nijimbere, priest of the Rutovu Parish in the Bururi diocese in Burundi, has well received the support from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) he needed to renovate his presbytery. The new roof arrived at a time when it was most needed: “I believe that Christians [...]
To pray where Jesus once prayed – Sister Agathe
Jerusalem, Holy Land 27 August 2015 “We want to protect our enclosure”: Aid to the Church in Need helps Carmelite nuns on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem By Oliver Maksan“Welcome to our new reception room,” Sister Agathe offers a warm greeting. The nun is the economist of the convent [...]
Syria: Broken Dreams – Samir NASSAR, Archevêque Maronite de Damas
1) EXODUS OF YOUTH:This absurd war has torn Syria in five years, has forced lots of young Syrians to flee violence, military service, death and chaos...With the closure of consulates and refused visas, these young people spend their fortune and ruin their families to join illegal immigration which is very [...]
Peru : “Priests in the immigration villages are really missionaries” – Marco Mencaglia
Report Visit to Peru August 2015 From April 18th until May 2nd Marco Mancaglia (responsible for Latin America Section I at Aid to the Church in Need) and Regina Lynch (Director of Projects at Aid to the Church in Need, International) visited the southern part of Peru. This is the [...]