The Voice of the suffering and persecuted
Pakistan: ACN steps up effort to help victims of worst floods in 30 years
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As the official death toll tops 1,500, with several thousand more injured and more than six million people directly affected by the worst flooding in the past 30 years, urgent aid is needed to prevent the aftermath of the rains from being worse than the flooding itself.
ACN will help 200 schools in Lebanon keep their doors open
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"These institutions play a vital role in maintaining relations between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon that are an example of coexistence for the entire Middle East."
Moses in Zambia: the story of a new cathedral
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“With the rapid increase and spread of Protestant Churches, we thought looking for a place in the outskirts of town and building a new church would eventually help us to develop a new parish for evangelization.”
ACN to help flood victims in Pakistan
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“90 percent of the territory of my diocese is flooded due to heavy rain. Many churches, parish houses and schools have been damaged by the rain flood. The people are left homeless and hungry besides the families grieving for the loss of their loved ones.”
Ukraine: without vehicles there is neither aid nor hope
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Without a van, securing the needs of the refugees is simply impossible, but unfortunately Father Ivan Koltun, the shrine’s custodian, did not have a car until now.
Iraq: Gathering youth in hope
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“By gathering in such large numbers, we will be able to say: ‘We are here, we exist, we have a role to play in this country’—and that is so important when you think about how much we have suffered over the past few years."
‘The faith is the most precious treasure,’ drives ACN’s charitable mission
August 30, 2022
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"We often view human beings only as corporeal, cultural, social, or economic entities, but not as spiritual beings. There is a lack of awareness that men and women are created by God and for God. A holistic conception of humanity is missing."
Burkina Faso: ‘Faith, not guns, will save us’
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“People wake up in the morning and don’t know if they will become the latest victims of an attack, and nobody feels safe anymore.”
Six months of war in Ukraine: ‘The Lord put us here to serve’
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"I met a soldier who from his position at the front line can see his home through binoculars. His wife and two children remained, under occupation. Every day he can see his wife and children from a distance, but he has no contact with them."
‘An attempt to silence the Church in Nicaragua’
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“These events represent a further escalation in a spiral of confrontation. There is no easy solution. We must pray that there may be a peaceful solution and not a further increase in hostilities."