(Vatican Radio) Two blasts struck a central Syrian village on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more.The attack came just hours after a truce brought relative calm to the northern city of Aleppo after weeks of escalating violence there.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the twin attacks.The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for similar attacks in Homs province in recent months that killed scores of people.In the last 2 weeks dozens of people were killed in violence between rebels and government forces which wrecked the first major ceasefire which had held since February.The Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been helping the Church in Syria to provide people with food, clothing, accommodation and medication, as well as help for Christian refugees in neighbouring countries.Speaking to Lydia O’Kane, ACN Press Officer John Newton said the situation in Aleppo is terrible.Listen to the interview “Just to...
(Vatican Radio) Two blasts struck a central Syrian village on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more.The attack came just hours after a truce brought relative calm to the northern city of Aleppo after weeks of escalating violence there.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the twin attacks.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for similar attacks in Homs province in recent months that killed scores of people.
In the last 2 weeks dozens of people were killed in violence between rebels and government forces which wrecked the first major ceasefire which had held since February.
The Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been helping the Church in Syria to provide people with food, clothing, accommodation and medication, as well as help for Christian refugees in neighbouring countries.
Speaking to Lydia O’Kane, ACN Press Officer John Newton said the situation in Aleppo is terrible.
Listen to the interview
“Just to give some idea how bad it is, over the weekend of course the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Church were celebrating Easter Sunday because they still follow the Julian calendar. We got told on Easter Sunday that there were only two Easter liturgies celebrated, both of them were very poorly attended and in fact what most people were doing on that day, they were either burying their dead…or they were staying at home, or in many cases… the roads out of the city were absolutely packed with people fleeing who were seeking to escape from the city because of the ongoing violence there.”
With regard to the latest cessation of hostilities, he says, “the trouble is that the extremist groups people like al Nusra aren’t actually part of the formal ceasefire… and so you’ve still got these independent extremist rebel militia groups… who are continuing to bombard areas…”
Families, donors, and others gather with Bishop Erik Pohlmeier for the dedication of the "Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum" at the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 23, 2024. / Credit: Fran Ruchalski/courtesy of the Archdiocese of St. AugustineCNA Staff, Apr 26, 2024 / 09:51 am (CNA).Families gathered with St. Augustine Bishop Erik Pohlmeier on a sunny Tuesday this week for the dedication of the "Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum" at the city's San Lorenzo Cemetery.Six years in the making, the 44,000-pound granite mausoleum is designed for babies lost at a young age through miscarriage, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), or stillborn births. A brick walkway marked by a charcoal cross leads up to the brilliant white mausoleum, which is full of burial spaces that are ready to honor little ones. Miscarriages are common events, and women often suffer through them quietly, one 2018 study found. About 10% to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, usually be...
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Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaACI Prensa Staff, Apr 25, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA).Asked during a new interview if he has any message for Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who instigated the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis stated that "a negotiated peace is better than an endless war."CBS News broadcast some excerpts April 24 from a new interview conducted by journalist Norah O'Donnell with Pope Francis at St. Martha House, the pontiff's residence in the Vatican.During the exchange, the full version of which will be released on May 19, the Holy Father reflected on world conflicts and especially on the suffering of children during wars.O'Donnell asked the Holy Father if he had any message for Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine, to which the pontiff replied: "Please, countries at war, all of them... Stop the war. Seek to negotiate. Seek peace. A negotiated peace is better than an e...