With more than 50 million copies distributed in over 170 languages, Aid to the Church in Need’s Child’s Bible is a worldwide phenomenon! This little illustrated bible not only teaches children key stories from the Old and New testaments, it also helps them learn to read, as it is often the only [...]
In times of disaster and great need, we are able to send aid quickly and directly to those most in need, thanks to our close relationships with local Church leaders. Although the emphasis of Aid to the Church in Need’s work is on pastoral projects, we recognise the imperative need to [...]
In many of the countries where we work, priests, Sisters and catechists have to travel great distances to serve Christian communities scattered over hundreds of miles. These servants of God are willing to undertake exhausting and sometimes perilous journeys across difficult terrain to bring the sacraments, pastoral teaching, schooling and health care to [...]
Thanks to you, we help to build and repair churches in countries where the local Christian community simply cannot afford to fund the construction themselves. Whether it’s providing a tin roof for a makeshift Mass shelter, or supporting a landmark cathedral, it’s not just a church you are helping to build. You [...]
Your generosity is keeping the Faith alive – and nurturing it for future generations – by helping to teach people about Christianity. In many of the countries where we work, priests rely on their catechists to run religious education programmes for people of all ages. Thanks to you, we help pay for [...]
For millions of Christians living in some of the most inaccessible parts of the world, the Word of God reaches them over the airwaves, on television, in print and on the Internet far more easily than a priest or Sister can visit. Supporting media projects to spread the Word of God is [...]
About a month after a gigantic explosion devastated the port region of the Lebanese capital city, Sister Maria Lúcia Ferreira describes an environment of desolation, despair and fear among the Christian community. The Portuguese nun, better known as Sister Myri, and who belongs to the Congregation of the Nuns of [...]
The whereabouts of two religious sisters of the congregation of Saint Joseph of Chambéry is still unknown and nothing has been heard of them since the violent attack by rebel jihadist groups on the port of Mocímboa da Praia in early August this year. Father Kwiriwi Fonseca, of the diocese [...]
As reported by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) a few months ago, 40 Christian men were released in late January 2020 after spending nearly five years in prison, randomly accused of participating in the lynching of two Muslim men. The lynching happened amid riots sparked by twin suicide [...]
The Brothers of Saint Albert in East Ukraine are on the frontline in a twofold sense: the frontline in the war and the frontline in their work of mercy, caring for the homeless, the handicapped and alcoholics. Yurij is 69. His story is a story of mercy received. He suffered [...]
