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American kids double the number taking part in One Million Children Praying the Rosary
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About 22,000 American children took part in Aid to the Church in Need’s One Million Children Praying the Rosary initiative on Tuesday, more than double last year’s figure. It was the 20th anniversary of the ACN initiative, which began in 2005 as a small event in Venezuela. The inspiration originally came from a saying attributed to St. Pio of Pietrelcina (“Padre Pio”): “When a million children pray the Rosary, the world will change.” The initiative was given a boost Tuesday, ...
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 for Mary and the Christ Child, and is turned to for help and intercession, so, too, does the parish named after him care for all those in need. In this rural region, many people live in poverty, especially large families and the elderly. And ever since the war began, families from war-torn regions have come ...
One year since start of war in the Holy Land: “Let us pray that God gives comfort and hope…”
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Today, the day of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, ACN joins the requests of Pope Francis and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, inviting you to live this day in fasting and penance and to pray the Rosary for peace in the Holy Land and throughout the world. It is one year since the heartbreaking conflict in the Holy Land started. “Let us pray that God gives comfort and hope, courage and strength, to those affected by ...