Unadulterated horror and new life often go hand in hand in Nigeria. The deeply moving story of one of the victims of Boko Haram is one such example. S. will never forget that horrible day in November 2018. She has relived it over and over again. And still does. Now [...]

“We are very excited about the most recent Apostolic Letter Antiquum Ministerium, with which the pope has established the ‘lay ministry’ of catechist with its own Rite of Institution,” Regina Lynch, director of projects at the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), says. “Our project [...]

Bishop from East Congo deplores terrorism and human rights violations in a talk with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Speaking to the pontifical foundation ACN International, the Catholic bishop of Butembo-Beni (East Congo) denounced the serious human rights violations being carried out in his diocese by marauding militia [...]

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 [...]