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VENEZUELA: “When night falls, the heart sinks and the tears flow”
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Venezuela is in mourning. Pain is everywhere, and the Church is often the only source of hope. At the entrance to the Church of Our ...
Pope calls on young jihad survivors to be “light of the world”
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Initially scheduled for March, the festival was postponed due to the conflicts that have affected the Middle East. The Pope has encouraged more than 700 ...
Papal nuncio to Venezuela urges ongoing aid for earthquake victims
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“Beautiful to see solidarity and charity,” Archbishop Ortega tells ACN in LaGuaira. “But needs will persist.” Recovery from last month’s twin earthquakes in Venezuela will ...
ACN-supported summer camps help over 30,000 young people
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Camps take place in 11 different countries, with a particular focus on regions marked by war, displacement, and instability. After some 15 years of instability, ...
Venezuelans don’t let poverty stop them from helping the neediest
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On visit to Venezuela, ACN executive president struck by generosity of spirit among those hit by June 24 earthquakes An impoverished population might have been ...
Religious sisters remain in Venezuela to help after earthquake
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The Superior General of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, who was due to return to Rome, speaks movingly about the faith displayed by ...
Head of ACN to visit Venezuela to show solidarity following earthquakes
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Venezuelans are a people of faith and have a Church that is close to the population, giving much hope in face of tragedy, Regina Lynch ...
Murdered priest was tireless peacemaker, says bishop in Central African Republic
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Crowds lined roads, despite the danger, to bid farewell to Fr. Crépin Martial Monga Father Crépin Martial Monga, vicar of the Catholic parish of St. ...
Nigerian priest who saw roommate slain says life in the US affirms his hope for religious liberty
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Fr. Stephen Idoko knows firsthand how true, lived religious freedom can strengthen a society. As a Nigerian priest, Fr. Stephen Idoko was only too familiar ...
Venezuelan bishop: “Even those who have nothing are giving everything”
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In one of the poorest and most densely populated communities in Caracas, the Church has mobilized to care for the wounded from La Guaira. ACN ...