The Pontifical Foundation helps the Church in need (ACN) joined the call of the International Union of Superior General (UISG) to pray and fast for peace in the world on August 14, on the eve of the solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
In a communication Disseminated on August 13, Regina Lynch, Executive President of ACN International, stressed that “it is very logical that it is this group of women who leads the complaint of the war and calls peace and reconciliation.”
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“In all conflicts, women and children are marginalized and, often, they are the ones who suffer the most,” said Lynch, stressing that “religious are usually on the front line of wars, helping innocent as they can, without looking for their own security.”
Within that framework, he said that “ACN is pleased to add their voice to the many who are responding to this brave call.”
On August 6, the usig – who According to your website It is made up of 1,903 generals from all over the world – remembering the wars that hit various parts of the world, including Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that the religious “cannot remain as silent spectators.”
“Every day we see faces marked by pain, destroyed lives, villages deprived of their dignity and peace, especially women and children,” they said.
Faced with this reality, the superior generals made a call that this August 14, at the gates of the celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin, the world one one on a day of fasting and prayer for peace, trusting Santa Maria “so that he welcomes the clamor of the peoples with tenderness and teaches us to be a humble and prophetic presence in the places of suffering.”
Regina Lynch highlighted in the ACN statement that “Mary is the Queen of Peace. Let’s pray to touch the hearts of the leaders around the world, so that they yearn the peace of her Son, Jesus Christ.”
“On the feast of the assumption we remember that there is a woman, in body and spirit, next to our Lord. There is no doubt that the Virgin will pity on the pain and anguish that many of the religious presence and intercede will intercede so that conflicts cease,” he said.
David Ramos
Graduate in Communication Sciences by the Private University of the North in Trujillo, Peru. With more than 12 years of experience in Catholic journalism working in ACI Press, I am based in Mexico since 2018. I have covered the trips of Pope Francis to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama.