Farewell to the fearless Good Samaritan – to the retirement of Father Halemba
A PRIEST, who is retiring from a leading Catholic charity after 14 years risking his life to bring aid to the Church in need, has been named a modern-day Good Samaritan by Iraq’s most senior Christian leader. Monsignor Andrzej Halemba served as Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) projects coordinator for Asia-Africa, covering [...]
The Restored St. Elijah Maronite Cathedral in Aleppo: A Miracle!
Thomas Heine-Geldern, the Executive President of Aid to the Church in Need described the restoration of the Cathedral as "A Miracle." The Cathedral of St. Elijah in Aleppo, destroyed during the Syrian war, rises from the ashes ACN - Maria Lozano Archbishop Tobji: “The restoration of the Cathedral is proof that [...]
Archbishop Samir Nassar: “Syria – “living an anticipated Lenten fast”
According to Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus, the continuity of the humanitarian aid projects within the country is in danger. by: Maria Lozano Archbishop Samir Nassar of the Archeparchy of Damascus (Maronite) in Syria The economic situation in Syria is growing worse. “The present crisis, which is different to what we experienced [...]
A Day of Celebration in Syria
Syria: Today is a day of celebration Celebrating the inauguration of the newly restored church of Haret Saraya, destroyed by jihadists in 2012 Marmarita/Königstein. – Evening is falling in the Valley of the Christians. From its high vantage point the Crusader fortress, the Crac des Chevaliers, built in the 11th-12th century, looks down impassively on [...]
Catholic Priest Murdered in Syria
“THE WAR IN SYRIA IS NOT OVER AND ISIS IS STILL HERE”, ARMENIAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF ALEPPO TELLS ACN “The war in Syria is not yet over. We continue to feel the presence of ISIS”. This was the view expressed by Armenian Catholic Archbishop Boutros Marayati of Aleppo, in a telephone conversation with the international [...]
Terrorists kill Armenian Catholic Priest and his Father
On the way to Deir ez-Zor (Syria), terrorists kill Armenian Catholic priest and his father Aid to the Church in Need received a dramatic news that Father Hovsep Apraham Bidoyan of the Armenian Catholic Church in Qamishli has been killed today in the morning. The unrest at the North of Syria continues. Already hundreds of [...]
Persecution of Christians: Report of Aid to the Church in Need
In Rome on Thursday, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) presented its research on the persecution of Christians, which details the systematic violence against Christians that still occurs throughout the world. By Vatican News "We are living in a state of perennial tension, because in our minds we know that somewhere, at some time, [...]
Fr. Dr. Andrew Halemba Receives the “Pro Redemptione” Award
Fr. Dr. Andrzej Halemba from the Pontifical Foundation “Aid to the Church in Need” receives the "Pro Redemptione" Award Poland, 19 October 2019 Today, during a ceremony at the Major Seminary of the Redemptorist Congregation in Poland Fr. Andrew Halemba PhD, director of the Middle East section of the Pontifical Foundation “Aid to the Church [...]
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 [...]