Our Lady of Sorrows Consoler of Syrians Since 2011, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) financed 850 projects helping 127,000 families, including orphans, minors, and sick in Syria.  With the support of benefactors, around 46,000 children, young people and students also benefitted from these projects, which provided [...]

According to the Catholic Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Mons. Jacek Pyl, the increase in the number of families in Crimea that are living below the poverty line has been particularly steep. Many families cannot afford to go on holiday. As soon as school closes for the holidays, many children have to [...]

The second part of the “Console my People” prayer campaign for Syrian Christians organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) together with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Syria for families whose dear ones were abducted or killed during the eight years of the conflict, commenced on 15th [...]

The Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua has announced a week of prayer for the country at a time when the United Nations has warned of serious rights violations. The week of prayer began Sept. 8, feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will continue till Sept. 15 when [...]

The Diocese of Buea has been seriously affected by the worsening socio-political crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, both Anglophone regions of the country.  This is the conclusion reached by the international foundation Aid to the Church in Need after consulting sources close to the [...]

My Vocation Surfaced after Participation In Sunday Prayers in the Absence of a Priest My name is Hubert, I was born in the diocese of Luiza in the RDCongo. I went to primary school in this area. Baptized in infancy, I was integrated in a group of young people where [...]

The Ankawa Youth Meeting (AYM) 22nd to 24th of August brought together Christian youth from across seven archdioceses. The Meeting counted around 1,000 participants from more than 60 parishes from different Iraqi cities including Baghdad, Basra, Duhok, Erbil, Kirkuk, Mosul and Sulaymaniyah. It was a very important event because a [...]