Renovation of a building for use as a pastoral centre The Diocese of Kohima lies in the state of Nagaland, in remote and underdeveloped Northeast India. It is home to diverse Indigenous tribes, each of which has its own language. Most live from what they can glean from the soil, many are unemployed, and the […]
A car for religious sisters in Lviv The sisters of the religious community the Catechists of Saint Anne are devoted above all to working with children and teens. They provide them with religious education and support them as they grow in faith and as individuals. The sisters also work as catechists in various parishes and […]
Nearly $100,000 for distressed families in Lebanon Lebanon, known for centuries as the “Switzerland of the Middle East,” is experiencing an economic collapse like no other, with last year’s record inflation almost rivalling that of countries like Venezuela and Zimbabwe. The currency has lost 90% of its value, fuel has become unaffordable for most people, […]
Help for the training of 15 seminarians Brazil has long been an overwhelmingly Catholic country, but this is changing. Today, only around 64% of its 213 million people are still Catholics. The difficult situation in the country, marked by corruption, unemployment, economic crisis, and environmental destruction, has allowed many to fall prey to the false […]
Support for 144 religious sisters in the Archdiocese of Lviv who are housing citizens displaced by the war Since the war broke out on February 24, 2022, more than 12 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. Over 80% of them are women and children, and most have fled to West Ukraine, while […]
Repair of vehicles for pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Camagüey The Caribbean island of Cuba is often seen as a holiday paradise for foreign tourists. However, the continuing economic crisis in the country, which has worsened since January 2021, is severely impacting the daily life of Cubans. This is apart from the recent tragic […]
A Motorboat for Pastoral Outreach in the Amazon Region Father Washington Dioleno Araújo Taveres is a happy man. Thanks to your generous help, he now has the mode of transportation he so urgently needed for his ministry. His parish of Saint John the Baptist, headquartered in Curralinho, Brazil, is located in the Amazon Delta. The […]
A three-year youth programme for the diocese of Mymensingh Like everywhere else in Bangladesh, Catholics in the Diocese of Mymensingh represent no more than a tiny minority of the population. In fact, there are just 83,000 Catholics among the 19 million or so who live within the territory of the diocese. Most of these belong […]
Democratic Republic of the Congo For almost 30 years now, the Assumptionist Fathers in the diocese of Butembo-Beni, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have been exercising a fruitful media apostolate. In particular, the Catholic radio station they have set up—Radio Moto Oicha—is proving to be a vital instrument of evangelization, […]
Czech Republic The region of Ústí in northern Bohemia is “a desert on the religious land map,” as some of the local church people put it. In fact, the Czech Republic as a whole is a profoundly atheistic country. But in the Ústí region, a mere 5% of the population even describe themselves as belonging […]
