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Lenten Reflections
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Read the stories of the courageous everyday people in Ukraine, trying to raise their families and trying to merely survive in war-torn Ukraine, while holding steady to their Faith.

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Please light a candle for our faithful who are innocent victims of war and persecution, and light a candle for your own intentions this holy season for the special people in your life.

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News of the Suffering and persecuted

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Archbishop in Haiti: “Our people want to live”

"I am now starting my sixth year as the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, and it is really very difficult. Until now, I have not been able to achieve even a quarter of what I had intended, because one must cope with daily life – and this daily life consists of suffering, violence, gunfights, poverty, and deprivation."
Fr. Nikodemus Schnabel, Abbot of Benedictines in Jerusalem, Holy Land, during an interview in ACN's headquarters in Konigstein im Taunus (Germany).

Christians in Holy Land live essence of Holy Week

"Good Friday has a very strong meaning because you see the suffering. We see the cross. Once we had a 24-hour prayer vigil in our church, and we prayed all the Psalms. We called the celebration ‘the Church under the cross.’ This is our place as Christians. We are the Church under the cross."
Haiti, diocese Port-au-Prince 04.12.2007
Praying in front of a sanctuary in Port-au-Prince

Project Trip of Javier Legorreta, Anne Celine Boidin and Uma Wijnants

Bishops of Haiti plead for an end to violence

In their message, the bishops encourage all national agencies and players to find a solution to the current crisis and to restore peace and security for all Haitians. They also ask for the establishment of an inclusive transitional government, capable of ensuring true national harmony.
Charitable kitchen to feed 300 elderly and poor people.
SYRIA / DAMAS-MLC 23/00090
Charitable kitchen to feed 300 elderly and poor people of St Youssef Church, Damas - 09/2023 - 09/ 2024.

The priest in the middle is Father Basilios Gergeos.

ACN fights Christian exodus in Syria and Lebanon

Both Muslims and Christians are leaving, but the number of Christians in Syria is so small that their departure would call into question the very existence of Christianity in the country. According to current estimates, only around 175,000 Christian families remain.
Seminarians with Father Ruslan Mykhalkiv (on the right), Rector of the Roman Catholic Major Theological Seminary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Vorzel, Kyiv Oblast.
The photo is showing the protagonists of a CRTN spot related to the Lent Campaign 2024 (available in IPIC).

Ukraine: “God’s grace is greater than the horrors of war”

“Many ask me: ‘How can God allow this to happen?’ It is very difficult for me to answer. But I draw my strength from Eucharistic adoration.”
Nigeria,
Some burnt houses in the community of Adama Dutse.
The archbishop visited the village of Adama Dutse, which was attacked in February 2024, leaving widespread destruction and 11 dead.

Bishop in Nigeria: Government must provide security

According to information received by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the village was attacked in the early hours of Sunday, February 18th, leaving 11 dead, including five children, and seven injured.

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Projects of the month

Ordinary Mass Intentions, Tridua Masses and Novenas for 106 priests
MEXICO / TAPACHULA 22/00031
3180 Ordinary Mass Intentions, 50 Tridua Masses and 25 Novenas for 106 priests.

Mass Stipends for Priests in Mexico

Mexico is a land of contrast. Some parts of the country are popular tourist destinations, while others are torn apart ...
Sisters at work.
BENIN / PARAKOU 23/00160
Existence help for 9 Benedictine Nuns at the Monastery "Notre Dame de l´Écoute", 2023

Support for the Benedictine Sisters in Benin

The Benedictine convent of Notre-Dame de l’Ecoute was founded in 2005 in northern Benin. Originally, all the sisters were from ...
ACN-20231109-155649

Support for 30 Sisters in Brazil 

The Diocese of Cajazeiras is in northeastern Brazil, widely regarded as one of the poorest parts of the country. It ...

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