{"id":139,"date":"2019-10-25T08:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:34:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-catholic-near-east-welfare-association-cnewa-has-been-a-lifeline-for-the-poor-throughout-the-middle-east-northeast-africa-india-and-eastern-europe-for-almost-100-years\">Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) has been a lifeline for the poor throughout the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe for almost 100 years.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded by Pope Pius XI in 1926, and under the guidance of Pope Leo XIV, CNEWA works for, through and with the Eastern Catholic churches to identify needs and implement solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From forming priests to serve the people of God in Egypt to providing irrigation to farmers in southern Lebanon \u2014 from teaching needy children in Ethiopia to educating sisters in India \u2014 from providing emergency relief to Syrian Christian refugees to counseling for war-scarred children in Gaza, CNEWA connects you to your brothers and sisters in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Together, we build up the church, affirm human dignity, alleviate poverty, encourage dialogue \u2014 and inspire hope.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-videos-about-cnewa\">Videos About CNEWA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chapter 1 The Mission\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GOr7kaP3ypM?start=16&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chapter 2 Building the Church\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-pUO1NoOuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chapter 3 Affirming Dignity\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMdyAGyUqNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chapter 4 Encouraging Dialogue\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R51aVvGf0Zk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) has been a lifeline for the poor throughout the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe for almost 100 years. 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