Printing of catechisms for school childrenSpeaking to ACN about the situation of the Christians in Pakistan, one priest summarised it in these words: "The Christians are socially discriminated against, politically oppressed and religiously persecuted". In short, they are treated as second-class citizens and are often threatened, abused, pushed aside and [...]

 Completion of the parish centre in BahnaThe Catholic parish of Bahna in north-east Romania is still very young, having been established only in 2012. Currently it serves a Catholic community of some 470 people. In 2013 they were able to start work on a parish centre, which is now three [...]

Fr Jaar wishes to thank the people of Malta and Gozo, and in particular parishioners of the churches he visited, for their warm welcome, hospitality and generosity.He fell in love with the Maltese Islands and the local people, who took him to their hearts. He was full of praise for [...]

Two churches in Aceh province of Indonesia were deliberately burnt down by a mob of hundreds of Islamist radicals. Husein Hamidi, Aceh’s chief of police said  “After burning the church, the crowd—made up mostly of members of the Muslim Youth Forum—tried to attack another but ran into opposition from Christians”.  A [...]

"If we believe in the fundamental rights and truth of democracy, we cannot ignore the abuses suffered by many religious minorities around the world," said Javier Menendez Ros, director of the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Congress of Deputies. He also [...]

Egypt       14Oct. 2015“We no longer want to be second-class citizens” A Coptic Catholic bishop is full of hope close to the parliamentary elections in EgyptShortly before the parliamentary elections begin in Egypt on Sunday, the Coptic Catholic bishop of Assiut has expressed his optimism. In an interview [...]

Success Story: dedication of the new church in BerhimundaIt was a time of great celebration when the newly built church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola was first consecrated in Berhimunda, in eastern India. The bishop himself was present at the ceremony and was welcomed with traditional dances by the people [...]

A car for pastoral work in the new diocese of Bahir Dar–DessiMany foreign tourists fly to Bahir Dar in Western Ethiopia. The third largest city in the country, it is a place where you can not only holiday beneath blossoming tropical trees on the shores of Lake Tana, or take [...]

Success Story: how you helped 76 young people from the Amazon region to take part in the National Youth Day in Manta A letter of thanks has reached us from the heart of the Amazon rainforest, from the apostolic vicariate of Napo in Ecuador. Our benefactors had helped with 9,000 [...]