The Voice of the suffering and persecuted​

Bishop Honcharuk speaks of great damage and many deaths in other parts of the city. The picture of the missile attack on Freedom Square in central Kharkiv went around the world.

“Christ is risen and has conquered death. He is with us, walks beside us and is our hope.”

“We have donated blankets and mattresses to a parish community that is organizing aid for those who are travelling on foot and waiting in the 25-mile long queue at the border."

A similar message comes from the Dominican sisters from Benguela, Angola. “We are Angolan and we know the horrors of war well, because we lived through such atrocities and felt their consequences in our own flesh.

“While evil has shown itself to be so strong, this has also exposed a lot of good. In a way, the evil we are experiencing also squeezes the good juice from the grape, and that good juice is our compassion, mutual support, and love."

“We don’t have time to be frightened. We are staying and helping the people to survive this situation.”

“What we all wanted to avoid has happened: Ukraine is in a state of war. ACN has supported the Church in Ukraine in the past and it will not abandon her at this very critical and difficult time."

“War does not bring any solutions, only destruction, suffering and lack of peace."

“The CUE model encourages the whole family to stay and not to emigrate; their children will have an excellent education to obtain work and therefore a future in Iraq to support themselves and their parents."

"It seems to me that the rosary saved the Catholic faith not only in Georgia, but in all Communist countries. The people came together in homes to pray and the grandmothers were the ones who took responsibility. You did not need a priest or a rosary – you could count the “Hail Marys” on your hands."