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Aid to the Church in Need honors its donors on first annual ‘Benefactors’ Day’
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“Dear benefactors, to all of you, your help made it possible to support our priests, who in turn took this help to our people, supporting ...
After seven years on death row, Pakistani couple is acquitted of blasphemy charges
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“I have to confess that after the justices had given their verdict I wept. There were times when I wondered if, after so long, justice ...
The pandemic in India: ‘we must fight together if we want to survive,’ says archbishop
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"Political power, economic security, physical health: all of this is ephemeral and will not last. What matters most is charity, fraternity, and compassion—values as they ...
Syrian prelate blasts sanctions for crippling his country
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“Outside laws which penalize states and people who dare to send help to Syria add to the unjust sanctions and multiply the shortages.”
In India, Church is overwhelmed by COVID-19
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“Often we had to turn away patients as we could admit only 125 at a time. Yet they kept calling and coming. I have never ...
In Myanmar, grief and shock after army attacks a Catholic church
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"Let us remember the blood that is spilled is not some enemy’s blood. Those who died and those who were wounded are citizens of this ...
In Niger, a nun devoted her life to poorest of the poor
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"I heard God's call to leave everything and serve the poor."
In Peru, lay missionaries help the destitute of the Amazon rainforest
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"I consider myself to be extremely fortunate, because in Amazonia you can live closer to God, and by working with the simple and humble people ...
Vietnam’s elderly veterans suffer for the past, the Church helps
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“After April 1975, I spent three months in labor camps. I was discriminated against, treated like an enemy, and never given any allowance by the ...
A catechist heals the spiritual wounds of South Sudan refugees
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“Many of them are filled with hate and thoughts of revenge. I talk to them about forgiveness.”