{"id":6430,"date":"2021-05-17T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/cnewa-canada-launches-emergency-campaign-help-churches-india-respond\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T11:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:15:19","slug":"cnewa-canada-launches-emergency-campaign-help-churches-india-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/cnewa-canada-launches-emergency-campaign-help-churches-india-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"CNEWA Canada launches emergency campaign  to help churches in India respond to devastating impact of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Press release from <a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNEWA<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cWe urge all Canadians to remember the people of India as they battle the spread of COVID and, for those who can, to contribute financially to the efforts of our church partners on the ground,\u201d says Carl H\u00e9tu, national director of CNEWA Canada. \u201cCatholic communities and groups in India need our support as they deliver emergency assistance, both physical and spiritual, to those who are often overlooked or outside of the reach of government assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>CNEWA has been at the service of the churches and peoples of India for more than eight decades, working closely with the nation\u2019s Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Catholic churches. From its offices in Kerala, CNEWA supports the many ministries of these vital communities \u2013 from support of their programs for the marginalized, including services for those with special needs, children and the elderly, to the support of the formation of priests and religious sisters.<\/p>\n\n<p>Campaign funds will aid CNEWA\u2019s partners to distribute personal protective equipment, medical care, hygiene kits and food packets.<\/p>\n\n<p>News stories report on the worsening situation in the country \u2014 with deaths now exceeding 250,000. Pope Francis and religious leaders from around the world have called on all persons to pray for an end to the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>CNEWA accepts donations online at cnewa.ca or by phone at 1-866-322-4441. Cheques can be mailed to CNEWA Canada at 223 Main Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4, marked \u201cEmergency India\u201d. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $10 or more.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>About CNEWA<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAn agency of the Holy See, CNEWA works for, through and with the Eastern Catholic churches throughout the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe. Founded by Pope Pius XI in 1926, CNEWA provides pastoral and humanitarian support to the churches and people of the East. CNEWA Canada was incorporated as a registered charity by Canada Revenue Agency in 2003.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release from CNEWA \u201cWe urge all Canadians to remember the people of India as they battle the spread of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}