This month, red light will bathe hundreds of cathedrals, churches, monuments and public buildings around the world as part of an international campaign to raise awareness of the persecution of Christians and the need for religious freedom. The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) launched the [...]
A Catholic missionary has sent out a plea for peace from war-torn Ethiopia. The missionary, who cannot be named for security reasons, spoke to Aid to the Church in Need – International (ACN) about the situation in Northern Ethiopia, where the conflict between Government Forces and those loyal to the [...]
On the Eve of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, a report entitled “Christians Under Attack in India,” compiled by various Christian NGOs, records 300 anti-Christian incidents so far in 2021. Modi’s nationalist Hindu BJP party is seen as helping foment anti-Christian and anti-Muslim [...]
For almost 30 years now, in accordance with the heartfelt wish of Pope Saint John Paul II, ACN has been helping to promote fraternal dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church. The historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in February 2016 in Havana, [...]
Eight months after visiting Iraq’s war-torn city Mosul, Pope Francis sent a message to the citizens, saying that he remembers the destruction he witnessed. “I pray that the Lord will visit Mosul, and give her consolation after so much suffering,” Francis said. “I pray for all the citizens who died, [...]
A Colombian religious missionary, who was released recently in Mali, nearly five years after she was kidnapped by Islamic militants, has said faith and prayer helped her survive her ordeal. Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate was abducted on February 7, [...]
Amid a spiraling economic crisis and an upsurge in violence, a Middle Eastern Patriarch says that if the West fails to help the Christians in Lebanon the community could soon be extinct. During a visit to the international headquarters of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), [...]
The creation of ‘the biggest district of Christians in the Middle East’ has been warmly welcomed by a bishop from the area who sees the development as critical for securing the future of the Church in the country. Syriac Catholic Archbishop Nathaniel Nizar Semaan of Adiabene told Catholic charity Aid [...]
In marking the 25th memorial of the murder of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene of the Diocese of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the local Church has denounced the persecution the diocese has been suffering recently at the hands of armed groups. In a message sent to Aid to the [...]
Right after the Angelus prayer of October 17, Pope Francis referred to the worldwide prayer initiative by the Aid to the Church in Need, “One million Children praying the Rosary” for unity and peace and thanked “the boys and girls who participate in this initiative”. He said “Dear friends, today [...]
