In December 2024, Verónica Katz, project director for Central America at international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), visited the dioceses on the Dominican side of the border with Haiti. In this interview, she shares her experience in the less visible areas of the Dominican Republic. When people think of the Dominican …
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Father Júnior Vásquez suffered a very serious foot injury a few years ago, due to the bad condition of his car. Now, with a new vehicle donated by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), he can reach even the remotest areas more easily. Father Júnior Vásquez (photo) spends over six hours per day on …
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In Batey 5, a peripheral area of the Diocese of Barahona on the border with Haiti, three missionaries, with the support of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), help fight poverty and social exclusion in the neediest parish in one of the poorest dioceses in the Dominican Republic. Not far from the luxurious resorts …
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