ACN Project Manager for South Sudan: “Years of armed conflict have made South Sudanese increasingly vulnerable.”
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8 years on since the abduction and we still have no news of these two missing Bishops.
Read moreACN shows solidarity with the Catholic Church of the island state.
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Recently, the houses of 450 Catholic families in Hyderabad and Karachi were destroyed as part of an anti-encroachment drive—targeting homes considered to be illegal settlements—by Sindh provincial government.
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Congolese bishops‘ conference calls for a new strategy to combat rebel militias.
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By Sebastian Moll
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“We are going to have to live with terrorist attacks”
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By Paulo Aido and Maria Lozano
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“We are running, fleeing, trying to hide here on the shore. They are shooting everywhere. May it be as God wills, here in Palma...”
Read more![Suicide bombers attack cathedral in Indonesia](https://d1jpo8rtg1c7nb.cloudfront.net/fileman/60624ebb3fb6b-ACN-20210329-111406.jpg)
Two suspected suicide bombers have attacked the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, the capital of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province on the morning of March 28 when parishioners had just finished the celebration of Palm Sunday. The attack kille...
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As Easter approaches, Catholics who volunteer to provide security for churches around the country have begun participating in meetings at local police stations to protect parishioners.
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Since 2003 all Iraqis have suffered the burdens of war: kidnapping, displacement, and death.
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ACN supports the refugee work of the Church with 245,000 AUD towards emergency aid.
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ACN President Heine-Geldern sees an urgent need for action, particularly in the area of money transfers for emergency aid.
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A fresh initiative is about to be launched to tackle Pakistan’s growing crisis of Christian and Hindu girls who are being abducted and sexually abused.
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On the bloodiest day since the coup in Myanmar began, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, leader of the country’s Catholics, has made a fresh appeal for peace in the beleaguered nation.
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Father Johannes Kahn SJ has spent the past decades undertaking pastoral work in various countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia as well as Russia.
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