Resettlement of Christian Refugees: Mercy and Peace Project

A Global Catholic Ministry reaching the poorest of the poor with Aid and the Gospel message CiV—Resettlement of Christian CiV—Resettlement of Refugees Project Christian Refugees— Mercy and Peace Bringing charity in truth to all people Project Global Ministry is committed to bringing Aid, and at the same Second phase: time, giving every person the opportunity to hear, at least once in their life time, • Reconstructing, renovating, and building a further 230 homes in the message that leads to the Way, the Truth and the Life, in Christ. Zona A of Baghdeda, one of the most important oldest Christian (cfr: .) cities in Iraq • Building an ongoing endowment for a microfinance project that will ensure the sustainability of the Mercy and Peace Project for the persecuted Christians, particularly in Syria and Iraq, and the long term development of this important Christian community in Iraq • Establishing of the Middle East Refugee Response and Coordination Office in Rome Be a partner in saving Faith in the Middle East. Help us in raising $3 million for the Resettlement of Christian Refugees— Mercy and Peace Project.

A matching donation is in place for the Your generous support to the Persecuted Christian in the Mercy and Peace Middle East will be recognized Project for the as follows: persecuted Christians • CiV Partners in in the Middle East. Mission Award Contact us for more information. $100,000 CiV has been committed to helping the persecuted Christians, particularly • CiV Mercy Award assisting refugees returning home to their devastated cities by ISIS. $100,001–$300,000 • CiV Peace Award $300,001–$600,000 Inspired by Pope Benedict XVI • CiV Caritas in CiV is committed to bringing: Veritate Award Aid | Truth | Transformation $600,001–$900,000 • CiV Papal Ambassadors The Mission of the Church is to evangelize (Evangelii Nuntiandi and Dominus Iesus) for Charity and Peace The Church is not an Non-Government Organization—NGO: (Pope Francis) $900,001–and up CiV—Resettlement of Christian CiV helps re-populating the old Christian Refugees Project cities of the Middle East with Arab Christians Bringing charity in truth to all people As conflicts get quiet in parts of Syria and CiV: Northern Iraq, persecuted Christians are Caritas in Veritate Global Ministry is committed to bringing Aid, and at the same • Helps refugees to settle in their own countries returning home where houses were partially Christians returning home from Iraq lost time, giving every person the opportunity to hear, at least once in their life time, • Empowers refugees to help themselves, or completely destroyed by ISIS. The return, the message that leads to the Way, the Truth and the Life, in Jesus Christ. to contribute to the development of the everything when they fled. was unimaginable only some time ago. (cfr: Deus Caritas est.) host country. In 2014 ISIS gave them a choice just before they fled, a choice to stay and convert • Assists Christian refugees from the Middle East who fled because of ISIS to return to to Islam, flee without anything, or be slaughtered. They preferred to hold to their their homeland. Christian faith - and left. In a sense, though not killed, “they are the living martyrs”.

Christians are rebuilding their homes and businesses.

In the last two years, CiV has helped the persecuted “…Christians (in the Middle East) are If help is not extended faster, Arab Christians will Christians in the Middle East with: becoming increasingly the victims— lose hope and decide to leave the region, creating often collateral victims— of movements two disasters: • $2.1 million with building material • Fixing and enabling the reopening and equipment of one of the main churches. (associated with) radicalization of • Another exodus/ influx of refugees Islam and a homogenization of the • A void in the Middle East from the only • Assisting in the returning of 135 • Launching through our local partners a Middle East, a...struggle for regional Persecuted Christian refugee families microfinance project, giving 18 businessman “Christian Arab-speaking communities” hegemony.” ­ to their home cities small capital to restart their lives. • The annihilation of the oldest Christian communities; –Sarah Carabott for the • Re-construction and /or fixing of • Giving the initial encouragement and the only one that can share the Gospel to others CiV has been committed to helping the persecuted Christians, particularly Times of Malta in the region in their local language assisting refugees returning home to their devastated cities by ISIS. 135 homes/apartments assistance to the Arab Christians after cities were liberated from ISIS.

Inspired by Pope Benedict XVI CiV is committed to bringing: CiV follows the example and St. Teresa of Calcutta Aid | Truth | Transformation in bringing charity with the Gospel message. CiV strives to give adequate accommodation to the (Sr Prema, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity with Sabina and Henry Cappello) The Mission of the Church is to evangelize (Evangelii Nuntiandi and Dominus Iesus) persecuted refugees, as a result of what is the The Church is not an Non-Government Organization—NGO: (Pope Francis) “greatest exodus in history”. For more information contact: [email protected] Caritas in Veritate CiV: a Missionary Global Federation, bringing Aid and the Gospel message to the poorest of the poor. It serves under the Pontifical Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development of the Holy Father

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