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Catholic charity awarded for aid given to suffering Christians

Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need has been awarded the 2019 Path to Peace Award in recognition of its peace-making efforts.

The award is presented annually by the Path to Peace Foundation – a collaboration with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations – in honour of an individual – or, in this case group’s – “commitment to the development of peace in the national and international arenas”.

The foundation has said it had chosen ACN for its work in providing emergency and pastoral aid for Christians suffering oppression and discrimination.

Neville Kyrke-Smith, national director, Aid to the Church in Need (UK), said the award was a “compliment and a challenge” to the organisation.

“The compliment is to the individual faithful benefactors of ACN who have sustained the Easter hope of the Resurrection during the long Good Friday of appalling suffering, in particular in the Middle East,” he said.

“The challenge is now for ACN and other charities to empower the local Christian communities to renew their presence and bring a true pathway to peace.”

The award was announced by Archbishop Bernardito Auza, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation. Dr Thomas Heine-Geldern, executive president of ACN (International), will be presented with the award in New York on 22nd May.

Previous recipients of the award have included then UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, King Baudouin I of Belgium and Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines.

 

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