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Stop Blocking Vital Aid

by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations

An urgent call to end the block on vital aid to people in sanctions-crippled Syria has come from the leaders of a Catholic charity amid fears that the country’s humanitarian crisis has reached an all-time high. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is demanding...

Ryedale Christians Invite You To Climate Event

by Michael McG | Mar 19, 2021 | Ampleforth Abbey, Encyclicals, Organisations, Pope Francis

Ryedale Christian Council is holding a free Zoom event entitled the Climate Change Crisis – what on earth can we do? Our Lady and St Benedict’s, Ampleforth, and Ampleforth’s Anglican benefice, as well as local Methodists and Quakers, are all involved in...

Father Bill’s Walk For Water

by Michael McG | Mar 11, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations

FATHER BILL SURPLUS has been enjoying the beauty of York at dawn – all for a very good cause… A chance phone call and a mention of CAFOD’s Walk for Water campaign was enough to immediately get me onto the website and register to do 10,000 steps a day during...

A Symbolic Meeting Of Peace And Hope

by Michael McG | Mar 8, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations, Pope Francis

The meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani – one of Iraq’s most influential spiritual leaders for Shi‘a Muslims – on Saturday (March 6) has been hailed as a historic moment of peace. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN),...

Discussion Will Examine Latest Encyclical

by Michael McG | Feb 26, 2021 | National Board of Catholic Women, Organisations, Pope Francis

The National Board of Catholic Women is hosting a Zoom meeting with Dr Anna Rowlands to examine the pope’s latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Dr Rowlands is St Hilda associate professor of catholic social thought and practice in the Department of Theology and...

Aid to the Church in Need’s Lenten lunch For Lebanon

by Michael McG | Feb 25, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations

A Catholic aid organisation has announced plans for a virtual Sunday lunch to raise money for a charitable kitchen in Lebanon that serves more than 1,500 hot meals a day to refugees from neighbouring Syria and others in urgent need. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)...