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In Syria, a teen’s faith helps during civil war
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PITER ESSA, 17, just graduated from High School in Aleppo, Syria. Piter, who is Syriac-Orthodox, tells Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about some ...
Pope Francis blesses 6,000 rosaries, gifts to console Syrian families—ACN sponsors initiative
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niON THE FEAST of the Assumption, August 15, Pope Francis, during the Angelus prayer in St Peter’s Square, blessed 6,000 rosaries destined for Syria. They ...
Pope to North Macedonia: ‘Do not be afraid, little flock’
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The situation is worsened by the country’s low birth rate of just 1.5 children per woman; the unemployment rate stands at 30 percent. “If politics ...
Fire gravely damages Notre-Dame: ‘watch, pray, do not be discouraged’
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Guided by this hope, as the Easter Triduum draws near, ACN invites all to watch and pray, for the Church in France and for the ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...