IRAQ - ACN provides Christmas parcels for 13,500 displaced Christian families This year ACN is again providing Christmas food parcels for 13.500 displaced Christian families from Mossul and Nineveh, as we have done since ISIS led violence in the Middle East forced millions of Christians to flee their homes.With financial aid [...]
Gambia has now been declared an Islamic republic Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, the President of Gambia, recently declared his country , where 90% citizens are Muslim, an Islamic republic. In doing so, Gambia joins a few other officially Islamic countries including Iran, Pakistan and - in Africa, Mauritania.Speaking on state TV, [...]
Christmas message from Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart in Syria Dear friends,Here we are, for a fifth year now, celebrating the Feast of the Nativity as bombs are raining down. I do not know how many of you have lived through such a depressing and sad experience, but I can assure you it [...]
Pope urges action to implement Paris climate agreement Pope Francis praised world leaders for reaching an agreement in the last week’s Paris climate talks, saying “The conference on climate has just concluded in Paris with the adoption of an agreement, defined by many as historic”. He made his speech as he led [...]
While we debate the true meaning of Christmas, Christians are being massacred in their thousands Concern about the commercialism of Christmas is not a new issue. Neither is the concern over how our modern culture has diluted, if not entirely obliterated, the true meaning of Christmas. For some people, particularly parents, [...]
Authorities target believers as number of Christians increases significantly Throughout the past year the Communist Party has been shutting down churches across several provinces in China, targeting what it claimed were unregistered churches, or church buildings that allegedly violated building codes. In particular, police have been tearing down crosses on church roofs and [...]
BRAZILA car for a community of religious sisters who help the poor in the slums of Sao Mateus Sao Mateus is a town in the state of Maranhao in north-east Brazil. It has a population of 40,000. Unemployment is high here, educational opportunities for children and young people are poor, healthcare [...]
Should Christians still celebrate Christmas? Many Christians today feel that one of the Church’s most sacred festivals has been hijacked by commercialism and even by those of other faiths.... or none at all. With the current emphasis on Santa, feasting, parties and expensive gifts there is sincere cause for concern that [...]
"Living stones become dead ones" Terror and violence convulse the Holy Land – this impacts the Christians For weeks now violence between Israelis and Palestinians has been convulsing the Holy Land. Jerusalem in particular is again in the centre of the conflict. At the beginning of September, as in the previous year, [...]
