BULGARIA "This shrine is a beating heart" At the newly created Marian Shrine of Pleven, the Catholics in Bulgaria are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Fatima. The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need had supported the construction of the church. On 1 July the [...]
Aleppo is coming back to life Parts of Aleppo are coming back to life with people returning in large numbers to the bomb-blasted city and streets once again are humming with traffic and people. Aid to the Church in Need’s Middle East projects coordinator Father Andrzej Halemba revealed how [...]
BURKINA FASO “No creed can justify violence“ Rafael D’Aquí, the project section head with responsibility for Burkina Faso in the international Catholic pastoral charity ACN International, recently visited this African country to study the needs of the local Catholic Church. In the interview below with Maria Lozano, he explains [...]
MEXICO State of emergency declared following another earthquake "Today more than ever our beloved Mexico and all of us who are part of it, we ask the whole world and each of you for your prayers" On Tuesday, September 19 at 1:14 pm (local time) a 7.1-degree earthquake [...]
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ACN International Pilgrimage to Fatima 12 - 15 Sep 2017 During the current year, in which the Church is celebrating the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady to the three shepherd children in Fatima, Aid to The Church in Need (ACN) made a special pilgrimage to this, the “Altar of [...]
PHILIPPINES Priest abducted by terrorists is rescued Fr Soganub: "I continue to believe in inter-religious dialogue" A smiling Fr. Teresito "Chito" Soganub was presented this afternoon during a press briefing by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The priest was immediately excused by defense officials. However, before [...]
PAKISTAN Christian schoolboy was beaten to death by Muslims at school A 17-year-old Christian boy was beaten to death by his Muslim classmates in Pakistan on his fourth day at a new school. His father had saved money to send Sharon Masih to a prestigious, private high school because [...]
CUBA “The chapel may have collapsed, but not the Church” In a message to ACN, Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Camagüey tells of his visit to the most badly damaged areas of his diocese. According to the local municipal emergency services, Hurricane Irma lashed the town of Esmeralda in [...]
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC “Reconstruction will be very difficult” – Interview with Bishop Aguirre Last week Bishop Juan José Aguirre of Bangassou denounced an attack by an Islamist group on a mission station in Gambo. The station is located in his diocese in the south-eastern part of the Central African [...]
