China July 31, 2015Ceremony seen as possible benchmark for state of Vatican-China relationsWhen Father Joseph Zhang Yinlin is ordained bishop of Anyang in Henan province on August 4, he will become the first publicly ordained Chinese bishop in three years and the first since the Vatican and China restarted its dialogue [...]

 Central African Republic Help to print two catechetical books The Central African Republic is a country that many people barely even know exists. And yet this landlocked country in the heart of Africa, with an area of around 240,000 square miles (622,984 km²), is roughly the size of Germany, Austria, [...]

Erbil,Iraq    05.08.2015Just before the anniversary of the flight of tens of thousands of Christians Iraqi bishops thank Aid to the Church in Need for building schools Erbil/Königstein – 5 August 2015. Iraqi bishops have thanked the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need for setting up schools [...]

Erbil, Iraq   31 Jul 2015One year ago, tens of thousands of Christians fled ISIS –those who lived through it remember. On 6 August 2014 the life of the church in Iraq was changed forever: more than 120000 Christians were forced to flee from jihadists of the terrorist organisation "Islamic State" [...]

Syria 04.08.2015Patriarch Gregory III Laham recently visited the international headquarters of the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). in Königstein. He reports on his encounters with people who have lost everything. When Patriarch Gregory III walks in the streets of Damascus in the late evening, people [...]

Burundi   06.08.2015Königstein/Rom, 06.08.2015. “We have no idea how this grave crime will affect the already difficult situation in our country. But undoubtedly this killing will have serious consequences.” So said Father Lambert Niciteretse, the secretary general of the bishops’ conference of Burundi. He was speaking to ACN about the [...]

With our help it was possible to offer the food packages for 13,000 displaced families during the month of June 2015.In the previous months the organization such as WFP and World Vision supplied the IDPs with food or cash to buy the food. No doubt, giving cash simplifies the support [...]