New Gesture Of Support By The Pope For ACN’s Syria Campaign
NEW GESTURE OF SUPPORT BY THE POPE FOR ACN’S SYRIA CAMPAIGN: AFTER 6000 ROSARIES, THE POPE ALSO BLESSED A MARIAN ICON On the same day that the 6000 rosaries blessed earlier, on 15 August, by the Pope were distributed in the parishes of Syria, Pope Francis also blessed the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [...]
ACN Delegation Meets Pope Francis
A delegation of the International Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) met the Holy Father Pope Francis on Thursday, August 15th 2019 in a gesture to pray for peace in solidarity with the Syrian people, console families who mourn the loss of their dearest ones and commemorate the victims of war. During [...]
Catholics and Russian Orthodox collaborate to help Christians in the Middle East
A delegation from the Moscow Patriarchate visited the international headquarters of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need over the last few days to discuss further joint aid campaigns in the Middle East. by Eva-Maria Kolmann On 16 and 17 July, a delegation from the Moscow Patriarchate visited the international headquarters of the [...]
God is the Maker of Heaven and Earth… and Houses
ACN supports the reconstruction of 290 houses in ecumenical joint venture for all Christians in Homs, Syria by Irmina Nockiewicz The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need celebrated the opening of the new reconstruction project in Syria on Friday, 31st May 2019. Over6,000 houses of Christian families were damaged during the war in [...]
Aid to the Church in Need receives the 2019 Path to Peace Award
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has praised Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)—the recipient of the 2019 Path to Peace Award—as “the leading organization in the world putting words to the persecution Christians are suffering in certain places [...]
House repair plan offers fresh hopes to Christians
Homs reconstruction committee “critical” to regrowth of Christian community An action plan to enable thousands of Christians to return to their homes in the Syrian city of Homs was agreed in a house-repair scheme involving Church leaders and a leading Catholic charity. At the meeting in Homs, the leaders of five Church communities signed the [...]
A Homecoming Never to be Forgotten
Christian families in Syria forced from their town by extremists celebrated their return yesterday (Thursday, 14th February) with a ceremony marking the reconstruction of their homes. by John Pontifex At the service, parishioners packed into St Mary’s Church, in Krak des Chevaliers (Al Husn) village, and received ‘Jesus is my Rock’ stone tablets and bottles [...]
A “Bridge of Light” Between Rome and Aleppo
LAUNCH OF ACN’S CAMPAIGN: CANDLES FOR PEACE IN SYRIA “After almost 8 years of conflict in Syria, the consequences are indescribable, above all for the little children. Through our campaign we want to raise awareness of the critical conditions into which the country has been plunged and pray for peace and reconciliation.”- said Philipp Ozores, [...]
Pope lights Candle for Peace in Syria
“My beloved Syria is being tormented by a war already lasted for eight years” stated Pope Francis and appealed for peace, “at this time, I would like to make mine the hope of the children in Syria.” With these words, immediately following the noon Angelus prayer at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Pope Francis lit [...]
Ecumenical Youth Days in Lattakia supported by ACN
"WE COME TO YOU ON THE WAVES" Ecumenical Youth Days in Lattakia supported by Aid to the Church in Need By Irmina Nockiewicz Jesus walking on the water, one of the Bible’s best-loved stories was the theme of the ecumenical youth meeting in Lattakia, Syria. The weekend recollection for young Christians from Homs, Aleppo, Damascus [...]
The Good Samaritan course for trauma healing started
ACN is Helping Syrian Families and Communities to Recover Every military conflict forces population to live through some terrible experiences, particularly children, who are the most vulnerable group of the society there are scars that will never be erased - worries Father Halemba, the Middle East expert from Aid to the Church in Need.. Syria [...]
ACN Embarks on Reconstruction Programme in Aleppo
The international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is sponsoring 32 new projects in Syria, at a total cost of 1.8 million Euros, for the restoration of the material and spiritual life of the Christian population there. Children, women and the sick will be among the first to [...]