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Armenia

September 2, 2022, 9:59 am

Armenia, located in the Near Eastern Caucasus region, has been in an armed conflict with Azerbaijan for decades over control in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. In 2020, fighting broke out again....

Belarus

August 31, 2022, 10:23 am

Of the 9.4 million inhabitants of Belarus, nearly 80% are Christians, most of them of the Orthodox faith. Catholics form a minority of around 10%. A severe political and economic...

Northern Europe

August 29, 2022, 5:20 pm

In Northern Europe, the Catholic Church only has a historically established presence in Lithuania. There, Catholics form the majority at 80% of the population, but the Church is poor and...

Europe

August 29, 2022, 4:41 pm

For ACN, aid for the Church in Europe in 2023 was primarily focused on addressing the impacts of the war in Ukraine. In the second year of the war, our...

Europa: Wo die katholische Kirche in den osteuropäischen Ländern eine Minderheit darstellt, ist sie weiterhin auf Hilfe aus dem Ausland angewiesen. Durch die Pandemie benötigen viele Ordensgemeinschaften noch stärkere Unterstützung...

Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq

August 11, 2022, 6:02 pm

From 5 to 8 March, Pope Francis became the first Pope ever to visit Iraq. The Holy met state delegates and representatives of other religions, but the aim of his...

Syria

August 11, 2022, 5:01 pm

Christians have suffered greatly from the effects of the civil war in Syria. It is estimated that only one-third of the 1.5 million Christians who lived in Syria before the...

Lebanon

August 9, 2022, 3:20 pm

Lebanon has been going through economic decline and political crises for the past three years. And the situation worsened because of the pandemic and the huge explosion in the port...

Peru

July 29, 2022, 10:02 am

Peru is the third largest country in South America in terms of surface area. Its geographical diversity ranges from the Amazon rainforest to the highlands of the Andes. The majority...