The Voice of the suffering and persecuted​

“I fear for him getting sick or catching the coronavirus, as he suffers from dyspnea and does not have suitable clothes for winter, wearing only light prison clothes,”

"The people hiding in the church were brought out and shot in the square."

"In the battle at a geopolitical level the ordinary people of the country are no more than pawns in a game of chess."

Since 2019, the aid supplied by ACN for various projects in support of the refugees in Zahle has come to a total of $4.4M. A considerable part of this aid includes paying rent and providing some accommodation for people like the Rief family.

"That same night the investigating officer told me that she had accepted Islam. I was shaken to the core."   

“This year the embrace of God is more powerful than ever for all the children of this land, orphaned of embraces. His weeping was the announcement of peace and the passage from suffering to glory … God with us and us with God.”

"The people here simply don’t count. They have the feeling that the government doesn’t even exist here. We feel as though the state authorities have abandoned us.”

"There are many problems weighing on us. But when the Pope comes to visit us, he will give us new hope and confidence and some relief from this burden."

"These children, who have never been allowed to be loved as ‘sons or daughters,’ need first of all to be able to live the experience of being loved before they themselves can begin to love.”

The 58-year-old Italian Carmelite Father Aurelio Gazzera came out of his room to find himself suddenly face-to-face with two armed men.