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On the Nineveh Plane, German ISIS Fighters Left Their Mark
By Maria Lozano German graffiti, Batnaya, Iraq; ACN photo by Stephen Rasche NEW YORK—In an eerie reminder of the ISIS has had in recruiting foreign fighters, provocative graffiti in German was found on...
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Aleppo is Burning: Three Days in the Life of a City Under Siege
The following report is written by an Aleppo-based Jesuit priest, who preferred to remain anonymous. Dec. 8, 2016 In the last few days the news has come in thick and fast. The government forces have...
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A Christmas Letter from Aleppo
By Father Ziad Hilal, S.J. Father Hilal with some of his youngest charges; ACN photo ALEPPO, Syria–For the past few days, Aleppo city has been breathing sighs of relief. Since the rebels reached an...
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Mother and Son Survived Two Years Under the Thumb of the Islamic State
By Jaco Klamer Iraq, Erbil 2017Ismael and his mother; ACN photo by Jaco Klamer Late last year, Ismail fled Mosul with his mother Jandark Behnam Mansour Nassi (55), the two having survived ISIS’ reign...
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A ‘Marshall Plan’ for Iraq: Rebuilding Christian Villages on the Nineveh Plains
By Maria Lozano Destruction on the Nineveh plains; ACN photo NEW YORK—“Hope is coming back to the Nineveh plains!” That is the verdict of the Middle East expert of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the...
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In Paraguay, Women Religious Work Where Priests Can Rarely Visit
By Jacques Berset Missionary Sisters of the Teaching and Atoning Savior; ACN photo WHEN the Missionary Sisters of Jesus, Verbo y Víctima from Peru arrived toward the end of the 20th century, it caused...
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A Lent of Tears
By Archbishop Samir Nassar Destruction in Aleppo, Syria; ACN photo An apocalypse In six years of war the face of Syria has been completely transformed. A large wasteland of ruins, pulverized buildings,...
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In Aleppo’s St. Louis Hospital, Wounds are Healing
By Josue Villalón Dr. George Theodory St. LOUIS HOSPITAL, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition, is located in the city district of Ismailie, in the western part of Aleppo. It is one of...
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Pope to Visit Colombia at Crucial Moment in Country’s History
THE NUNCIO in Colombia described the Pope’s Sept. 6-10, 2017 trip to Colombia as “the visit of a friend.” That means, explained Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, that the Pope, “like all friends of the...
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Ukraine: ‘Most Important Mission of the Church is to Bring God to the People’
ACN Photo: Bishop Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. MANY PEOPLE in the Ukraine are destitute, especially older people and families. The armed conflict taking place in the eastern part of the country also...
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