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Pastor of Aleppo: Missiles on hospitals, schools and mosques. Call for Masses for peace worldwide The leaders of the Catholic communities of Aleppo launch an appeal: Masses and prayers around the world on Sunday for an end to violence in the city. Yesterday 17 children died when a hospital in the government sector was hit. The university also targeted with students hiding for hours in the basements to escape the bombs. Father Ibrahim: The situation is dramatic we need compassion and mercy. Aleppo (AsiaNews) - The leaders of the Catholic communities of Aleppo have launched an appeal to the bishops, priests and faithful around the world , asking them to " offer Masses next Sunday, May 8, for peace in Syria and especially to Aleppo ". This is what 44 year old Franciscan Fr. Alsabagh Ibrahim, pastor and parish priest of the Latin parish of Aleppo tells AsiaNews.  The "Northern Capital" of Syria has been brought to its knees by days of heavy fighting. "We as...

I express my closeness to the Missionaries of Charity for the great loss they had two days ago with the killing of four Sisters in Aden, Yemen, where they were assisting the elderly... May Mother Teresa, accompany her martyr daughters of charity in Heaven, and intercede for peace and sacred respect for human life. (Pope Francis) Card. Gracias: Sisters of Mother Teresa killed in Yemen, witnesses to the love of Christ The Archbishop of Mumbai’s moving testament to the for four religious killed today along with 10 civilians in a raid "for religious reasons" by armed men from Aden. Until the end, they carried out the task the Missionaries of Charity: quench the thirst for Christ through service to the needy. In the evening, Eucharistic adoration and prayer for Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, Salesian priest kidnapped in the attack. Mumbai (AsiaNews) - The gruesome murder of the 4 Missionaries of Charity has plunged the Church of India and Asia into deep sadness. We are grieving bec...