Harshly persecuted for her faith, Sofia ended up finding solace in God and the strength to forgive those who forced her from her country and nearly killed her several times. On August 6, 2014, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians had to leave everything behind and escape their homeland, as terrorists from the Islamic State …
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On Monday, August 11, women and children in Benue State, Nigeria, blocked a road in protest at the lack of security after their besieged town fell victim to yet another fatal attack. Three people were killed, and three others were critically injured in Yelewata, Benue State, on Monday, at around 8 a.m. The town, which …
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Strengthening prison ministry in Guayaquil Some time ago, we asked your support for the prison outreach ministry in the Archdiocese of Guayaquil in Ecuador, one of the countries in Latin America worst affected by the plague of violence. The level of this violence is particularly alarming in the port city Guayaquil, a city of almost …
“I was the pope’s altar server in Chiclayo. Now I promote ACN in Peru”Hello, my name is Santiago, and a few years ago I was an altar server in the parish of Saint Martin of Porres, Chiclayo, and I had the blessing of personally meeting the man who is now Pope Leo XIV. (On the …
A new Marian shrine in Balasore In November 2023, the cathedral parish of Balasore in eastern India celebrated the Golden Jubilee of its founding. At that time, the desire was born within the community to establish a Marian shrine within the cathedral grounds. There was previously no place where the faithful could gather to express …
A new chapel for a rural parish The parish of Saint Francis Xavier is in a very rural region of the Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco, in the tropical eastern part of Bolivia. The people here are very poor and live mainly off traditional subsistence farming, and the region is largely undeveloped. Juancito is …
A missionary sister who works in the Diocese of Pemba, which is racked by terrorism and still deeply affected by a recent cyclone, thanks Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) for the help it provides civilians. Sister Aparecida Queiroz from the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus (photo) arrived in the Diocese of Pemba, …
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We are sharing with you a video received from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (LPJ). The parish priest of the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, even he is very sick! Photo: Candles and drawings at the foot of the statue of John Paul II at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope …
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Subsistence aid for religious sisters in Ipiales The order of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was founded in Spain in the 15th century. Today its work is mainly focused on Latin America, while most of its convents in Europe are found in Spain. However, it also has convents in India and Africa (Equatorial …
A three-year outreach program for all ages The Archdiocese of Dhaka in Bangladesh serves a population of just 85,000 Catholics. As in all the country, Catholics in the capital city of Dhaka are a minority, representing less than 1% of the population. Over 90% of the population in this country of South Asia is Muslim, …
