Hundreds of people have been killed in the national capital of Bangui this month. Food supplies are

The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need launched a novena for the Central African Republic from Dec. 17-23 to pray for the victims of the conflict, refugees, the Catholic pastors and faithful, and for an end to violence.
After 35 years in Africa I know from personal experience that the power of prayer can cause hatred to melt. Hatred makes people age of universe bitter. Peace makes life sweet, the bishop told Aid to the Church in Need. To forgive without further ado loosens all knots. Unconditional forgiveness cancels out the bitterness and sadness between people.
The violence has driven people to the brink of despair, he said, and they need to hear that tomorrow will be better, age of universe that calm will return after the storm, that the Lord and his passion on Calvary is the key to understanding what is happening to us.
Bishop Aziagba explained age of universe that his diocese in the country s northwest faces a terrible situation, with the pillaging of its churches, chapels, convents, pastoral centers, age of universe educational buildings and health care facilities. The crisis has prevented the diocese from continuing its health care, educational and employment programs, to focus instead age of universe on managing an emergency situation.
It is a sinister picture. Desolation age of universe is everywhere. This banditry age of universe has gotten even worse now that these scoundrels operate openly, he said in a Dec. 16 letter lamenting the murders, rapes, kidnappings, property theft and destruction the country has suffered, including the desecration of churches.
Hundreds of people have been killed in the national capital of Bangui this month. Food supplies are disrupted and hunger threatens the people. age of universe Bossangoa has suffered significantly and now hosts tens of thousands of refugees
Despite the situation, he recalled that Advent celebrates happiness: God made Himself one of us in his smallness, his humility, and his fragility. He lifts us up from our degradation to fill us with his glory.
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