“The worst poverty is lack of freedom” It has been just over one year since the historic peaceful protests that took place in Cuba on July 11, mobilizing millions of people all across the Caribbean nation. Over the past few months, a new social and economic crisis has once again been provoking mass emigration. Father […]
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Cuba: Catholics Call for Renewal of this Communist Country
“It is time to return to God.” Hundreds of clerics and lay people see their country as being in a state of profound crisis and are hoping for a national dialogue that will lead to political changes. Catholic Cubans launched an appeal, strongly criticizing the communist political and social system in their country and called […]
Ukraine – “You will not last long here without a calling”
Ukraine “You will not last long here without a calling” Eva-Maria Kolmann, ACN International Adapted by Robert Lalonde, ACN Canada “Priests who do not have a calling will not last long here in the Ukraine,” Bronislaw Bernacki, Roman Catholic Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, said in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “You […]
Ukraine – “The people are seeking God”
Ukraine “The people are seeking God” Eva-Maria Kolmann, ACN International Adapted by Robert Lalonde, ACN Canada When the massive statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was to be demolished, it was feared that it would topple over and its weight would break through the ground, beneath which ran the underground railway. But when the statue was […]