The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) released a number of the copies of Children’s Bible in 1979 which supported the evangelization work of the Catholic Church. In 200 languages, there are 51 million copies have been printed.
This version of the Bible was published in the International Year of the Child in 1979, after being presented to the third General Episcopal Conference of Latin America held in Puebla (Mexico). It has been translated into exactly 194 languages and dialects (including Assyrian, the closest living language to the one spoken by Jesus).
The pontifical foundation specified that, in many cases around the world, the Children’s Bible is the only book that children can get to know. Another priest, the Italian missionary Henrique Uggé, highlighted that during his pastoral mission in the Brazilian Amazon, he has been able to confirm the importance of “hearing, reading and meditating on the Word of God in our language and our own cultural and historical context.”
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