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Nuns Care for most vulnerable in siberia
“It has made our work here more complicated. Many people have lost their jobs, or at least their wages have been cut. They knock on our door asking for help, if only for a piece of bread for the children,” says Sister Theresa. The sisters are particularly beloved among the homeless:
“These people all have their painful memories and emotional wounds. They do not come to us solely for material assistance. They are just grateful to receive a little kindness and warmth.”
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Farms of Hope—’there is no revenge better than love’
“Then my brother came to the house and told me he had something to give me that wasn’t money, that wasn’t a house; it was something that had got him off drugs—it was God.”
Iraq: a beacon of hope for Christians of Qaraqosh on the Nineveh Plains
“The church is the fruit of the work and contributions of people’s fathers and grandfathers. Every Christian here feels that the church is part of their blood, their history and their heritage.”
In Nicaragua, arson targets a cathedral
“These attacks against the faith of the Catholic people need to be carefully analyzed, in order to expose the ideological and physical perpetrators of this macabre and sacrilegious act.”
In Pakistan, hope for kidnapped Catholic girl forced to marry Muslim captor
“If the police and the courts know that people in the West are paying attention, they will be under more pressure to follow the law rather than give into extremist groups who are not favorable to Christians.”
Pakistan: Christian man is murdered for living in a Muslim neighborhood
“What kind of mentality is this? I really have no answer for it. I don’t know if people in the West can understand what a difficult situation we [Christians] have to face here on account of our faith.”
After 60 years of independence, Africa is still mired in poverty and violence—only the Church is bulwark of positive change
“The Church functions better than any other institution. Despite the failings and the difficulties, it is the only one of all the institutions inherited from the West that actually performs.”
Message of Hope from Sister Annie in Syria
Words of Gratitude and Faith
"Aid to the Church in Need has distinguished itself by transmitting the loving charity of so many Catholics to those places where the Body of Christ – which is his Church – is suffering hunger, humiliation, persecution and martyrdom."
