“We were among the dead, and we lived the Resurrection” A Lebanese priest pauses to remember a turning point in his homeland BEIRUT, Lebanon — Exactly 12 months ago, Fr. Marwan Mouawad, 46, was celebrating mass for a small group of 10 people in a poor neighbourhood of Beirut, when he felt the church moving […]
Recently, the homes of 450 Catholic families in Hyderabad and Karachi were destroyed as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the Sindh provincial government—targeting homes considered to be illegal settlements.
Church representatives criticize ongoing embargo politics of the West Just ten years after the Syrian War began, the project partners of the international pontifical charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), sharply condemn the ongoing sanctions of the West. They have fallen far short of their actual objective of weakening the Assad regime, the […]
In memory of the first Venezuelan bishop to fall victim of COVID-19 “With great sadness we have received news of the death of Monsignor Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D., Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela, on Friday, January 8, 2021,” Regina Lynch, Head of Projects for the international Catholic pastoral and Pontifical charity Aid to the Church […]
The escalation of international conflicts, the Covid-19 pandemic, lack of employment and exorbitant price hikes, the isolation of the Syrian people from the outside world by means of the embargoes and sanctions, and a lack of the most essential for survival—the list of sufferings enumerated by Sister Annie Demerjian, a Syrian religious Sister of the […]
Venezuela A cry for help According to the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and other international organizations, more than two million people have left Venezuela in the last few years. This forced displacement reflects the severe economic, political and social crisis that has befallen the country. The church in Venezuela is dealing with […]
Lebanon A heating system for a convent housing sick and elderly sisters A convent in Jeita is home for some 20 or so elderly religious Sisters, some of whom are frail and or ill. It has been designated, by the congregation of the Salvatorian Sisters of Saint Basil of Our Lady of the Annunciation, […]
Thanksgiving from Mexico Sisters thank you for your support The territorial prelature of Jesus Maria del Nayar covers an area of 25,000 km² in the highlands of central western Mexico – an area more than half the size of Switzerland. And yet, the widely scattered population numbers only about 135,000. The majority, approximately 120,000, […]
Central African Republic “The visit by Pope Francis will be for us a witness of peace” Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is appealing to its benefactors to pray this Sunday for the papal visit, despite the most recent violence in the country On 29 and 30 November Pope Francis is due to visit the […]
Bosnia-Herzegovina Five young people’s expectations for the Pope’s visit Twenty years after the end of the civil war here, Bosnia’s young people are looking forward to the Pope’s visit this coming Saturday, June 6. Starting today and through to Friday, we would like to offer you five of their stories expressing their enthusiasm as they await the […]
