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Nicaragua: a Church on the side of the people works for peace

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“The Church is accompanying the process of dialogue that was initiated after the protests, but as a service to the country. We are not interested in power, but in supporting the efforts for peace, without looking for any benefit other than the good of the country."

Bishop says Gulf States want control of Central African Republic

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“Thousands of mercenaries, most of them foreigners, have invaded the country from the north aided by the Gulf States and by Chad and with the complicity of other countries, such as Sudan and Niger. Their aim is to divide up the country and they are helping themselves like pitiless predators to the mineral wealth of the country."

In Venezuela, with medicines lacking or too costly, a doctor laments: ‘We are simply watching people die’

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In her moving account, the doctor describes how, after cleaning up the wound, she went looking for the little girl’s father to explain to him the gravity of his daughter’s condition; she found him kneeling on the floor, weeping.

Iraqi prelate waits, longs for better times for his Church and his people

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"However, we still lack the funds to complete the reconstruction of all the homes that were very badly damaged or completely destroyed; we are waiting and hoping that governments, like those of the United Kingdom and Hungary, will step in and help us on this front."

In Ukraine, ‘people are yearning for oases of peace’

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"My impression is that the young people who discover this community for themselves no longer want to leave their country, in spite of all the difficulties. They want to remain and make a difference."

In Nigeria, recent death toll of Christians attacked by Fulani stands at 130

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“We cannot remain silent in the face of these gruesome killings and deliberate agenda to annihilate Adara people, whose only crime is being natives.”

Bishop: ‘The Catholic Church does exist in Morocco!’

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CATHOLICS IN MOROCO account for less than one percent of the population of 37 million. But the Church in Morocco, despite its small size, plays an important role in caring for disadvantaged in society and offers support to young migrants crossing into the country from sub-Saharan Africa on their hoped-for way to Europe. March 30-31, 2019, Pope Francis will visit the country. In this interview, Bishop Bishop Cristóbal López of Rabat talks about the Church’s role in the Morocco. Bishop Cristóbal López Romero Of Rabat, Marocco “The Catholic Church does exist in Morocco,” the bishop, a Salesian of Don ...

In Mozambique, priest reports on ‘victims crying for help as they were carried away by floods’

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“Beira is no longer a city. It has been destroyed almost entirely. From an airplane, the city presents itself as a large lake, from which emerge buildings without ceilings. You don't see streets, houses, fields. A lot of people have lost their lives."

After eight years of war, ACN continues to support Syria’s Christians with vital aid

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The Syrian civil war has caused the greatest humanitarian catastrophe since World War II, with some 12 million refugees and Internally Displaced People. Today, Christians in Syria form only 3 percent of the population, whereas before the war they accounted for 10 percent.

ACN 2019 Lenten campaign helps women religious in 85 countries

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“Through their work, religious sisters convey the loving proximity of God to millions of people each day,” said Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, adding that “supporting women religious often involves helping an entire community or even an entire ethnic group.”
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