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ACN Philippines and Duyog Marawi Launch Campaign to Help Rebuild Prelature of Marawi and its People

23 Mar , 2018  

Ten months after Marawi was seized by terrorist forces, Aid to the Church in Need Philippines and Duyog Marawi formally launched their campaign to help rebuild the prelature of Marawi and its people on March 23, 2018 at the Arzobispado de Manila, in the Intramuros district of Manila. Although ACN began providing help in the […]

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News & Events

ACN accompanies Bishop De La Peña’s first visit to Destroyed Marawi Cathedral

12 Jan , 2018   Gallery

After several failed attempts, Marawi Bishop Edwin de la Peña was finally able to revisit the ruined city center of Marawi and the remnants of a desecrated Cathedral that he used to call home. Upon his entry to the Church, the Bishop quietly knelt before the altar where he celebrated the Holy Mass for 17 […]

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News

Fr. Soganub: “I continue to believe in inter-religious dialogue”

17 Sep , 2017  

Updated: 18 September, 9 p.m. A smiling Fr. Teresito “Chito” Soganub was presented this afternoon during a press briefing by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The priest was immediately excused by defense officials. However, before his exit, Fr. Soganub was allowed to give a short statement where he asked for prayers for a […]

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News

MARAWI: BOTH CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS ARE VICTIMS OF ISIS

31 Aug , 2017  

After more than three months, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has finally cleared and retaken the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Marawi City. The Cathedral was desecrated and destroyed by ISIS-inspired terrorists last 23 May 2017. The Philippine Armed Forces had to empty the church of improvised explosive devices. The AFP has also released […]

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Marawi

Help Rebuild the Church in Marawi

14 Jun , 2017   Video

Aid to the Church in Need launches its campaign to rebuild the Catholic churches destroyed by militants in Marawi. #ForgiveAndRebuild

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Marawi, News, News & Events

Marawi Bishop on Viral Video: Respond in a Christian Manner

6 Jun , 2017  

By Josemaria Claro, ACN Philippines Bishop Edwin dela Peña of Marawi urged Filipinos to respond in a Christian manner to a video that has gone viral showing Maute terrorists desecrating sacred images of the Catholic Church. In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines, Bishop dela Peña remarked, “when people are […]

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Marawi, News

How Filipino Muslims Sheltered Their Christian Countrymen During the Marawi Siege

2 Jun , 2017  

By Josemaria Claro, ACN Philippines   Farida, a Muslim store owner in Marawi City, had no choice but to let the terrorists that barged in her store last May 24 plunder her goods and products. But when the armed men turned their attention to her 13 male employees huddled in a corner of the store, […]

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Marawi, News

Catholic Priest and Staff Held Hostage by Lawless Elements in Southern Philippines

24 May , 2017  

ACN Philippines, 24 May 2017 A Catholic priest and his staff are reportedly being held hostage by ISIS-inspired lawless elements that have occupied a number of facilities and public buildings in the Islamic city of Marawi, Central Mindanao, Philippines. Archbishop Socrates Villegas, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines as well as ACN […]

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