Many of the victims of Boko Haram are still refugees in their own country and face daily trauma and anxiety. The danger has not passed, but the Church is bringing them consolation and hope. “I don’t want there to be any night-time. I wish it was always daytime. My nights [...]
The Diocese of Tete, Mozambique, on Saturday (November 20) began the diocesan phase of the beatification of two Jesuits for the cause of martyrdom. The two priests, the Portuguese Sílvio Alves Moreira, and the Mozambican João de Deus Kantedza were killed in a scenario of much violence on the night [...]
Today (24th November) Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be launching a fresh report looking at the kidnapping, forced conversion and sexual victimisation of Christian women and girls. The charity’s Hear Her Cries report will be the first of its kind to focus on the phenomenon of young [...]
Anew report released in late October, compiled by various Christian NGOs and entitled “Christians Under Attack in India,” records 300 anti-Christian incidents so far in 2021. In one case, two Catholic nuns were forcibly marched to a police station by a Hindu mob accusing them of illegal conversions. Aid to [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has approved additional relief projects in Syria and Lebanon to help the local Christian communities face increasingly difficult conditions in those countries. With Syria still locked in a decade-old civil war, and Lebanon struggling with an extreme financial, social, and political crisis, aggravated [...]
Girls and women from religious minorities continue to be victims of forced conversion and marriage in Pakistan, with a significant number of cases occurring every year. Now, with the support of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the National Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) in Lahore is [...]
Croatia’s President Zoran Milanović highlighted the situation of the Catholic minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina during a visit to the Vatican on Monday. The Holy See press office said on Nov. 15 that after meeting with Pope Francis, Milanović held discussions with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and “foreign minister” [...]
According to newly published data from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the number of hate crimes against Christians in Europe rose sharply in 2020. The OSCE data, published Nov. 16, documented 980 incidents against Christians, including arson attacks on Catholic churches, desecration and robbery of Eucharistic hosts, [...]
At the conclusion of the Angelus in St. Peter's Square on Sunday 7th November, Pope Francis prayed that "the peaceful path of dialogue may prevail" in the Horn of Africa region, especially Ethiopia. He also paid tribute to three new Blesseds in Spain. The Holy Father expressed his concern over [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has received anonymous reports that terrorists in Burkina Faso have instigated a killing campaign against Christians. ACN was reliably informed that a group of 147 Christians – including children, elderly and eight pregnant women – fled from two villages, on the Niger border, [...]
