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by bcadmin | Sep 5, 2022 | AVSI, Cardinal Mario Zenari, Hospitals, lead, Medical care, News, Pope Francis, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Vatican | 0 |
With Syria’s civil war well into its 12th year, the Vatican’s envoy to the country, Italian Cardinal Mario Zenari, has said high poverty rates and the lack of reconstruction is turning the population into “beggars” who are beginning to lose hope.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2021 | Archbishop Thomas Wenski, AVSI, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christian Aid, Church in the Americas, Haiti, Kidnappings, News | 0 |
As Christian missionaries and family members were still being held for ransom in Haiti by a gang notorious for group kidnappings, other charities and religious groups examined how they can remain safe while delivering humanitarian aid.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | AVSI, Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Mozambique, News | 0 |
Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas deposits; Islamic insurgents have been in the area since 2017. More than 2,700 people have died and more than 670,000 others have been displaced.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 5, 2021 | AVSI, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, lead, Missionaries, News, South Sudan, tribalism | 0 |
After the shooting of South Sudan’s newest bishop last week, tribalism is said to be the primary motive, yet two veteran Africa observers disagree on just how much that was a factor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | AVSI, Brazil, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, COVID-19 pandemic, News | 0 |
As unemployment increases and COVID-19 infections surge in the country, Catholic entities in Brazil are ramping up efforts to feed the increasing number of people going hungry.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 17, 2021 | AVSI, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Haiti, News | 0 |
A “Mass for the freedom of Haiti,” led by Haitian bishops, turned violent at the end when police fired tear gas into the church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | AVSI, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Haiti, News | 0 |
In response to recent kidnappings of clergy and religious in Haiti and growing anarchy in the Caribbean nation, Catholic schools, churches and other entities called for a national strike April 15.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2021 | AVSI, Catholic Church, charity, Church in the Middle East, lead, News, Pro Terra Sancta, Syria, Syrian Civil War | 0 |
Ten years after Syria’s bloody civil war began, the country remains in the throes of a massive economic and social crisis with rampant poverty being the next major battle it faces.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2021 | AVSI, Brazil, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, migrants and refugees, News, US State Department, Venezuela | 0 |
Two Catholic-backed organizations opened a center in Brazil’s capital to host Venezuelan migrants relocating from the refugee centers in the Amazon region.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 18, 2020 | AVSI, Cardinal Mario Zenari, Catholic Church, Catholic hospitals, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, News, Syria | 0 |
Three Catholic-run hospitals providing life-saving services free of charge to vulnerable Syrians hope to aid some 50,000 patients by the project’s end next year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 14, 2020 | AVSI, Brazil, Catholic, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Comboni missionaries, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Kenya, News, Prison, prison ministry, Prisoners | 0 |
With COVID-19 contagions climbing in several countries around the world, an Italian NGO with ties to the Catholic Church has implemented projects for the mass production of masks to help the most vulnerable populations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 12, 2020 | AVSI, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Congo, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola, News | 0 |
As Congo battles the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Ebola outbreak has resurfaced in the northwest, just as authorities were prepared to declare the end of Ebola in three eastern provinces.
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