India in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:50 pm
With more than 1.3 billion inhabitants, India is the country with the world’s largest population after China. Although the country has a rapidly growing economy, many regions are still plagued...
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Kyrgyzstan in 2019
June 18, 2020, 12:49 pm
Kyrgyzstan was a Soviet republic until 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country became independent. Only about 6.3 million people belonging to different ethnic groups live on...
Russia in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:48 pm
Like almost everywhere in the world, 2020 was marked by the coronavirus pandemic in Russia. There were also many infections among Church representatives. The Orthodox Church, in particular, suffered numerous...
Ukraine in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:47 pm
Of the approximately 44 million inhabitants of Ukraine, just under 10% are Catholics. The Catholic Church is represented here by two rites: the Roman Catholic and the Greek Catholic. Seventy...
Romania
June 18, 2020, 12:46 pm
Although Romania has been an EU member since 2007, the country is still marked by a weak economy, unemployment and corruption. The consequence: of the country’s 19.5 million inhabitants, many...
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
June 18, 2020, 12:41 pm
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia became independent in 1991 and have been members of the European Union since 2004. As the southernmost and largest...
Iraq
June 18, 2020, 12:39 pm
Iraq has been left with nothing. The country is struggling to rise from the rubble left behind by the Islamic State during the years of siege. But corruption in government...
Syria in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:38 pm
In the first years of the Syrian war, when it was a matter of sheer survival, ACN was able to save tens of thousands of Christians with emergency aid projects....
Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:36 pm
The Democratic Republic of Congo is known for its wealth of mineral resources. But a large part of the 85 million inhabitants lives in abject poverty due to corruption and...