A Nigerian priest has issued a heartfelt message of solidarity in support of a Christian girl who on Friday, 14th May, marked her 18th birthday while a prisoner of Islamist extremists. In the hope that the message will reach Leah Sharibu, who is celebrating her third birthday in captivity, Father Simon [...]

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is giving a vital life-line to some of the poorest families in Brazil’s Amazonia State hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pontifical Foundation is supporting an initiative by the Capuchin Friars Minor of the Custody of the Amazon and Roraima, providing food [...]

MUSLIM leaders in Pakistan sided with Christians accused of blasphemy in a move that has defused a dispute which risked sparking national riots and an international diplomatic crisis. Father James Channan praised senior imam Allama Muhammad Zubair Abid and other senior officials who refused to back Muslim nurses at the [...]

The Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need expresses its satisfaction to the appointment of Christos Stylianides, a Cypriot national, as Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU. Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, ACN Executive Chairman, underscored the importance of the decision taken by [...]

In an emphatic appeal, the Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria has called for Catholics all over the world to pray the rosary to stop the growing Islamist extremism in Africa. In a video message recorded for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on the occasion of the [...]

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta is marking its 7th anniversary as one of the leading Catholic charities in Malta and the only international Catholic organisation dedicated to helping persecuted and oppressed Christians around the world. ACN Malta particularly helps Maltese and Gozitan missionaries, priests, religious and lay [...]

The launch of ACN’s religious freedom in the world report 2021 revealed that religious freedom is under threat as never before and millions of believers continue to suffer more and more infringements of this basic human right. According to the report, over 5.2 billion people live in countries where religious [...]

The launch of Aid to the Church in Need - ACN’s latest Religious Freedom in the World Report held in Malta on April 29th, featured testimonies from project partners of ACN who have been tragically marked by the consequences of persecution and are living through a daily struggle together with [...]

This was the question posed by Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil, Msgr Bashar Warda during the  launch of ACN’s Religious Freedom in the World Report by ACN Malta on April 29. The Archbishop was referring to Christians in the world today who are silent on the plight of their brothers and [...]

TO HELP THE CHURCH IN INDIA COPE WITH COVID-19, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been supporting 27 projects  to support priests and sisters in India. These consist of subsistence aid and Mass stipends to help them to continue their work during the pandemic. In early May, India [...]