Cameroon: “What happened during the Paris attacks is what we are experiencing here every day!”

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 [...]

2015-04-24T06:42:09+02:00

Russia: International leadership of Aid to the Church in Need meets Metropolitan Hilarion in Moscow

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 [...]

2015-04-23T07:03:20+02:00

“Many people are starting to hope again”

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 [...]

2015-04-22T07:00:49+02:00

“Don’t be led astray by thoughts of revenge!” Nigerian bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme bestows the Sacrament of Reconciliation on refugees who have returned home

NIGERIA                                                                                                   [...]

2015-04-20T07:55:37+02:00

ACN Executive President: “Don’t forget Aleppo in Syria!”

Königstein, Germany                                                                                                   16.04.2015   "The world must not forget Aleppo." With these words Johannes Freiherr von Heereman, the Executive President of the Catholicho are caught up in the war in Syria.Situated in the north of the country, Aleppo is Syria's second largest city and has been the scene of conflict [...]

2015-04-17T09:22:43+02:00

Aleppo: Our Easter feast has turned to grief – All kinds of shells as an Easter gift for a peaceful people who do not want anything except to live in peace

Dear ACN Friends: I am writing to you, to share with you our great sadness about what is happening in Aleppo. It seems to me Aleppo is a forgotten city, people and the whole world keep silent. Massacres against humanity are being carried out and no one speaks about them. [...]

2015-04-17T08:50:29+02:00

In Ukraine, Churches confront fearsome suffering

Thursday, 2 April 2015 (6 days ago) Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 2, 2015 / 04:10 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki of Odessa-Simferopol was stunned by the Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent war in eastern Ukraine. “No one expected that another war would be carried out on [...]

2015-04-15T10:39:02+02:00