An appeal for prayer has come from Ukraine’s most senior Catholic bishop as momentous political change sweeps the country. Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, president of Ukraine’s Latin-rite Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference, highlighted the…
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Dear Friends, Thanks to you, Aid to the Church in Need has stood with the faithful in Ukraine for many years. Please will you remember those whom we continue to help in…
Cairo, February 19, 2014 (Zenit.org) | By Oliver Maksan, Aid to the Church in Need The year 2013 was not a good year for Egypt’s Christians. The wave of violence that engulfed…
For many months, the Society’s website has sought to be a point where news and comment about the crisis for the Church of the Christians of the Middle East is brought together.…
Rome, January 31, 2014 (Zenit.org) This will be a crucial year for ecumenism, particularly concerning Catholic-Orthodox relations, the head of the Vatican’s Christian Unity council has said. In an interview with charity…
Aid to the Church in Need writes: Our new report ‘Drying their tears’ outlines our work in Syria and Egypt. Now almost three years into the conflict, we have taken the opportunity to…
Bringing refugees from Syria to the West is not the answer to the crisis, said the leader of Catholics in the disaster-stricken country, insisting that more can be done to help displaced…
The “brutal” crackdown on demonstrators in Ukraine is acting as a recruiting sergeant for the protest movement, according to a senior bishop, who described the country as engaged “in a battle for…
Rome, January 21, 2014 (Zenit.org) Coptic Catholic bishops in Egypt have hailed the result of the referendum on the country’s new constitution, which they say represents a crucial step toward religious freedom and other…
Homs (Agenzia Fides) – Islamist groups have killed and beheaded a young Christian man, seriously wounding another. The incident, which occurred on 8 January, was reported to Fides only now by a…