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The rebirth of the Catholic Church in Estonia
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After centuries of prohibition, the small Catholic community of Estonia is rising from the ashes. On September 26th, 2024, Pope Francis erected the first diocese ...
Ukraine Church leaders to ACN: “Thank you for helping us save lives”
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Ukrainian Church leaders have sent Christmas greetings to ACN, thanking the charity for its material and spiritual support over three years of war. In their ...
Support for 21 Sisters and One Brother in Moldova
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The Republic of Moldova became independent in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is bordered by Romania on the west and Ukraine ...
Ukraine: After 1,000 days of war, “people are tired and without hope,” says priest
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Despite the danger, a Brazilian missionary priest has stayed in Ukraine since the start of the war. Father Lucas Perozzi thanks ACN for the help ...
Two more priests on the list of Albanian martyrs beatified
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Two Albanian martyrs, Father Luigi Paliq and Father Gjon Gazulli, were declared blessed by the Catholic Church, during a ceremony held on Saturday, November 16th, ...
Help for the Training of 182 Seminarians in Ukraine
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No fewer than 182 young men from different parts of Ukraine are currently training for the priesthood at the Greek Catholic seminary in Ivano-Frankivsk. For ...
Ukraine: Fighting on the spiritual front
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For two years, Bishop Vitaly Krivitskiy of the Latin Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr has lived in a time of war. Faced with a distraught people, he ...
A Car for Pastoral Work in Ukraine
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In the town of Hnivan, in southwest Ukraine, there is a Latin Catholic parish dedicated to St. Joseph. And just as St. Joseph lovingly cared ...
Support for Religious Sisters in Ukraine
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The Greek Catholic congregation of the Handmaids of the Immaculate Virgin Mary has 103 sisters working in 16 towns and cities in Ukraine. They run ...
Celebration of faith and peace at children’s festival in Belarus
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The Catholic Church in Belarus is highly involved in pastoral work with children and young people. Every week, hundreds of children attend catechesis, and every ...