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And it is marvelous to behold.

Look who’s smiling now.

Thanks to the prayers of children — in The Baraki and Lloyd Families, and their Little Friends — of several convents of Carmelite nuns, and not a few other devout souls, read (below) the astonishing things God has done in recent months to prepare for the long-needed kidney transplant for Asefa Baraki, our 22 year-old adopted Ethiopia brother [pictured here] who suffered double-kidney failure in October 2010 while fleeing his war-torn, native home.

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The following translations of Pope Pius X’s provide documented recognition of Archbishop Andrij Sheptytskij’s universal patriarchal jurisdiction in the Kievan-Rus Church (these days commonly called the Ukrainian Catholic Church). Read more

It is thanks to your charity that continued dialysis keeps our adopted brother in Christ, Asefa, alive until the hoped-for transplant at Georgetown University Hospital.

Yesterday, NCCL has transferred Read more

It’s an e-mail chock full of news. This Catholic missionary is praying for you! The charity of your prayers is seriously needed. Read more

There is more good news told on the Baraki Family Blogger, summarized here below. Read more

There is some very good news. Read more

No doubt in part to avoid the expected, senseless objections of the Roman Curia, in 1908 St. Pope Pius X conferred in private audience to Metropolitan Andrij Sheptytskij Read more

This bodes to be a good one.
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If one miracle can lead to another this is the time to pray for it. Read more

A most extraordinary development has occurred. Some are calling it a miracle, thanks to the Little Children, Religious, Clergy, Family members and others praying for Asefa’s care. Read more

And it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. Luke 11:1

Perhaps you have learned your prayers. But have you been taught to pray? Read more

Thanks to the generosity of NCCL benefactors who continue to pay for the dialysis, the e-mail below does not bode as badly as it at first may seem.

But it is still not happy news. And it certainly urges us to ‘pick up the pace’ of the project.
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The receipts shown below record the transfer of gifts from NCCL donors whose generosity keeps Assefa alive. Read more

Abba (Father) Abraha Baraki has written to NCCL supporters the following, stirring words of wisdom in the wake of the sudden death of his nephew, Fesihaye, older brother of Assefa and Robiel — whom your charity (given by clicking here) can bring to the U.S. for the lads’ needed kidney transplant.
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Look into the eyes of the suffering children, Read more

A Catholic prelate in the U.S. has written today Read more

Here is a copy of the e-mail exchange with Brother Cesare Bullo, SDB, the bursar of the Salesians of St. John Bosco in Addis Ababa. Read more

Thanks to the generous prayers & works of NCCL’s friends like you some young Christian Ethiopian & Eritrean women, and a young man, were ransomed from human-traffickers in Egypt. Read more

Muslims may do no harm to Ethiopian Christians, it may come as a surprise to some. Then again, Christian hospitality — a beautiful charity — is proved in this instance to go a long, long way. Read more

It is with much sorrow that we have today learned of the sudden death of Assefa’s 29 year-old brother Fisehaye Hailu Baraki.  Read more

In the The Christian Answer to Atheist Scientism, Rev. Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap, Preacher of the Pontifical Household, had the following to say. Read more

Please pray for a miracle. Read more

The National Coalition of Clergy and Laity transfers funds, provided by generous donors like you, for Assefa’s dialysis. But even as we support Assefa, the suffering in Ethiopia is growing. Read more

Donate to a mission in Ethiopia through NCCL

Click here to ask the Executive Director how to donate to a mission in Ethiopia.

Correspondence continues between the National Coalition of Clergy and Laity, St. Yared Hospital where Assefa is currently receiving treatment, and Apollo Hospital in India, where Assefa is scheduled to receive his transplant and post-transplant care.

We are getting closer, but Assefa still needs your help. Please donate today to help save this young man’s life. Read more

American physicians Mangan and Kornetsky receive a response to their inquiry whether Assefa’s tests showed Hepatitis C–and the results were negative, thanks be to God. This removes one obstacle to the path forward. Read more

Won’t you contribute just a little to save this young Ethiopian Christian‘s life?

Click here to make a tax-deductible donation online. Or mail a check payable to NCCL, “for Assefa Baraki’s kidney transplant” and mail it to 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052-7119 USA.

Itemized Cost of Kidney Transplant
for
Assefa Hailu Baraki
patient at St. Yared Hospital, Addis Ababa ETHIOPIA Read more

American and Ethiopian physicians correspond and cooperate to save Assefa’s life. Read more

American physicians Dr. Michael J. Mangan of Tallahassee and Dr. Kenneth Kornetsky of Manassas weigh in with their expertise, assisting the doctors in Ethiopia who are presently caring for Assefa, all in preparation for his kidney transplant. Read more

Update: Dr. Michael J. Mangan, a liver specialist, gives his assessment of Assefa’s condition, along with suggestions for the next tests and steps to be taken. Read more

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• Links to doctrines of the Roman Magisterium ‘looking East’

  Orientale Lumen, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (Light of the East) - May 2, 1995

  Paterna Caritas, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (On Reunion with Rome of the Church in Armenia) - July 25, 1888

  Orientalium Dignitas, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (On the Dignity of the Eastern Churches) - November 30, 1894

  Christi Nomen, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (On the Propagation of the Faith & the Eastern Churches) - December 24, 1894

  Ecclesiam Dei [in Latin], Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (On the 300th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St. Josaphat) [in English] - November 12, 1923

  Rerum Orientalium, Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (On the Study of the Things of the East) - September 8, 1928

  Orientalis Ecclesiae, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (On the 1500th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria) - April 9, 1944

  Orientales Omnes Ecclesias, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (On the 350th Anniversary of the Reunion of the Ruthenian Church with the Apostolic See) - December 23, 1945

  Meminisse Iuvat, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (On prayers and other helps for the Church persecuted in Eastern & Oriental lands) - July 14, 1958

  Orientalum Ecclesiarum, Decree of Pope Paul VI (On the Catholic Churches of the East) - November 21, 1964

  First Rendering Thanks to God, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (On the 350th Anniversary of the Union of Uzhorod) - April 18, 1996

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  The Baraki Family blog general appeal for Assefa

  The Baraki Family blog kidney transplant fund