For some years now the province of Cabo Delgado, in the far north of Mozambique, has been suffering greatly from a wave of terrorist violence that has created a climate of war and uprooted over 700,000 people from their homes. And, sadly, news of burned out villages and barbarous beheadings [...]
A young Christian woman in Pakistan has described how she struggled for her life when a man entered her home at gunpoint, began raping her and tried to kill her after she refused to marry him and convert to Islam. Neelam Majid Masih, 30, is determined to tell her story [...]
Burma (Myanmar)’s cardinal has spoken out about the civilian deaths which occurred when government troops shelled a Catholic church where hundreds were seeking sanctuary. In a letter received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon (Rangoon), condemned Monday’s (24th May) attack on [...]
A leading archbishop has hit out at international sanctions on Syria which are crippling the country and plunging those who survived the civil war into dire poverty. In a message seen by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus said that the economic crisis [...]
Archbishop of Bhopal sees encouraging signs in spite of the crisis India is currently experiencing a devastating surge of COVID-19 cases. About 68 million Christians live in India. Many of them belong to the poorest classes of society and are discriminated against in various parts of the country. In spite [...]
ON TRINITY SUNDAY, MAY 30, DURING THE ANGELUS GREETING, Pope Francis announced a forthcoming meeting with Church leaders from Lebanon, to be held July 1. Responding to the news, Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, executive president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), issued the following statement: “ACN is delighted to [...]
In his apostolic letter Redemptoris Custos Pope Saint John Paul II discusses the “important task” of“ raising” Jesus, that is, “feeding, clothing and educating him in the Law and in a trade, in keeping with the duties of a father” The Sisters of Saint Joseph in Ukraine do the same, [...]
With great sadness the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation has received news of the passing of Mother Marie-Catherine Persévérance on Monday 24.05.2021 in Dakar (Senegal). She dedicated her life to the care and concern for the poor in Niger, especially through service to women. The pontifical foundation Aid [...]
The vicariate of San José del Amazonas lies in the far north of Peru, in the Amazon rainforest, close to the border with Colombia and Brazil. This is a remote area with no roads, where the main routes of travel are along the major rivers like the Amazon and the [...]
The international president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has expressed sorrow at the violence that has killed more than 242 people in the Holy Land as well as hope that the ceasefire struck early Friday, 21st May, will hold. Dr Thomas Heine-Geldern spoke of his sadness about [...]
