MEXICO - Three priests abducted and killed this month Less than a week after two Catholic priests abducted in Mexico were found murdered, the body of a third priest, Fr. José Alfredo López Guillén, was discovered. His car has also been found overturned on a road nearby. According to a message written [...]
NIGERIA - Nightmare in Boko Haram enclave: a young mother’s heartbreaking story Rebecca had been held by the terrorists for two years. On 5 September she arrived in Maidiguri to be reunited with her husband – with a new baby fathered by a Boko Haram militant.The family of Bitrus Zachariah and his [...]
IRAQ - Christians are desperate for help A recent visit organised by ACN to Erbil, a region of Iraq where millions of displaced Iraqis currently live, revealed that Christian families in particular were still in great need of help to survive. Iraqi Christians are currently in a desperate situation, especially as many [...]
BURMA - Crops and pigs fund education for poor children When a remote parish in Burma's Shan state needed funds desperately to provide food and schooling for 15 poor children, they came up with an unusual solution – pigs.The children, some of whom were orphans, who came from poor families in remote [...]
Pope Francis at memorial Mass for Fr Hamel - "To kill in the name of God is satanic" Pope Francis made this strong statement before his General Audience in St. Peter’s Square as he officiated at a Mass for Fr Hamel, the 86-year-old French priest killed by an Islamic terrorist. The [...]
AZERBAIJAN - Vatican representatives meet Caucasus Muslim leaders A meeting between a delegation from the Vatican and a delegation of the Caucasus Muslim Department (CMD) has taken place in Baku, a little over a month before Pope Francis’ visit to the country. The meeting was chaired by Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, chairman of [...]
The National Director of Aid to the Church in Need (Malta), staff, benefactors and friends would like to congratulate H.L. Mgr. Carmelo Zammit on his consecration as Bishop of Gibraltar. We pray God and Our Lady to guide H.L. Mgr. C. Zammit in his new mission as Bishop in the [...]
KENYA - New church for a mission parish in predominately Muslim region The mission parish of St. Charles Lwanga lies within the apostolic vicariate of Isiolo, in north-east Kenya, in a majority Muslim area where Catholics make up a minority of only 5% or so. The parish was established here in 2005 [...]
MALAWI - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi" A Monforte missionary describes the critical situation in Malawi, a country affected by the drought that has exacerbated the poor economic conditions caused largely by poor governance. "It's hard to keep track. It happens in every town with more and more [...]
PHILIPPINES - Bishops call for justice as war on drugs escalates Over 2000 people are reported to have been killed - 900 by police allegedly while resisting arrest and over 1000 by vigilantes - in the last three months as a result of President Rodrigo Duterte's merciless war against drugs. The President [...]