Living trapped in addiction is a hell, not only for the addict but also for his family and all those around him. The Fazendas – the “Farms of Hope” - seek to give an answer to this suffering. Originating in Brazil, today there are 139 Fazendas in 22 countries around [...]
Six years after IS-invasion a Church´s reconstruction fuels Christian´s hope On August 6, 2014, IS units conquered and razed to the ground the Christian settlements of the Nineveh Plain, north and east of Mosul. Some 120,000 Christians had to flee overnight. Qaraqosh-Baghdeda, 20 miles east of Mosul, was the largest [...]
A high-profile minority groups’ politician championing human rights in Pakistan, Joel Amir Sahotra has told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings. Speaking on the recent events in Pakistan, specifically on the death [...]
A 400-year-old crucifix was set ablaze when Managua Cathedral suffered the latest in a series of anti-Christian incidents in Nicaragua. According to a statement by the archdiocese of Managua, on Friday 31 July a man entered the Chapel of the Precious Blood, in the Managua cathedral, and threw a firebomb, [...]
ACN (Malta) congratulates Rev Prof Hector Scerri, Ecclesiastical Assistant of ACN (Malta) on his appointment by Pope Francis as Consultant for another 5 years for the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. He will be in charge of matters related to the Ecumenical Dialogue between various Churches and [...]
Chinese communist authorities have ordered poor Christian villagers to remove Christian images from their homes and replace them with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping or risk losing their welfare benefits. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued its program of “Sinicization” of religion by channeling religious fervor [...]
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister has told an online forum in mid-July that efforts to counter persecution were now required because the entire fabric of human rights was at stake -- even in the West -- if religious freedom continued to be attacked. He made his remarks on [...]
Archbishop Tobji: “The restoration of the Cathedral is proof that we are still in this country . Our mouths must continue to praise God in this place” On Monday 20 July, after many difficulties in the work of reconstruction, the Maronite Cathedral of Saint Elijah, which suffered severe damage from [...]
“Here in Damascus, everything has become so expensive!” So says Sister Joseph-Marie Chanaa. “The worsening plight of the people has forced me to get involved in the social sphere in order to help the poor and the suffering”, she adds – for originally she worked as a catechist. A member [...]
The executive president of ACN International, Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, has issued the following statement concerning the Turkish government‘s decision to allow Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be used as a mosque: "ACN views the proposed reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque with grave concern. Once again a religious issue [...]
