The security situation in Mali has continued to deteriorate over the last few months. An increase in violence is affecting the entire population, given the prevention by jihadists of harvesting rice fields—burning the fields and attacking farmers as they attempt to harvest them. According to information given to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), […]
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Québec Press Conference — Interfaith Famine Relief campaign launch
Québec Press Conference — Interfaith Famine Relief campaign launch — June 7, 2017 Against the famine – #PrayGiveSpeakOut Speech given by Marie-Claude Lalonde, National Director of Aid to the Church in Need (Translated by Amanda Bridget Griffin) ”Aid to the Church in Need is proud to be participating in this collective and interfaith effort […]
Press Release—Campaign for the famine 2017—Aid to the Church in Need
Famine in Africa AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED ANSWERS THE CALL OF CANADIAN BISHOPS Montreal, June 7, 2017 – Aid to the Church in Need Canada is participating in the pan-Canadian Pray-Give-Speak-Out campaign launched by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). “The information coming from those we work with on the ground is […]
Press Release – Episcopacy denounces violence against civilians in South-Sudan
South Sudan Episcopacy denounces violence against civilians United together from February 21 to 23, the Catholics bishops of South Sudan resolutely denounced the violence perpetrated against civilians, as “war crimes” inflicted by both the opposition and the government who are accused of killing, raping, burning, beating, looting, harassing and detaining civilians, even keeping entire […]