Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) commits 1.5 million dollars as an immediate emergency help to support the work of the Church in Ukraine. “What we all wanted to avoid has happened: Ukraine is in a state of war. ACN has supported the Church in Ukraine during the past and it will not abandon […]
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Ukrainian Church Sees Poor Through God’s Eyes
Out of necessity, Viktor breaks up his floor. Now that he and his wife have no steady work, due to the war in Ukraine, he and his sons Wasiliej and Kola proceed to saw the planks into pieces for the stove to heat the house. The boys both hope to find work in agriculture again […]
Lebanon – In one of the poorest regions, the Church sustains the soul and the body
Nohada lives alone in her one-room home in Addousiyyeh, in Lebanon, near the Mediterranean coast. She is a widow, her only son moved abroad years ago and she survives largely with the help of her neighbour Mariam, who happens to be the only Muslim in the village. Addousiyyeh, in the Diocese of Tyr, is a sad reminder of the state that […]
ACN Project of the Week – Helping the poor build a church in Pakistan
Project of the Week in Pakistan Help us to complete a church in Issanagri Issanagri is a village in Pakistan lying within the parish of the Assumption, which itself is based in the village of Chak 7, in the diocese of Faisalabad. The parish as a whole has a total of 6,000 Catholic faithful, while […]