The Christian residents of the south Lebanese border town of Yaroun fear that they will never be able to return to the land of their ancestors. Fr. Charles Naddaf, the parish priest of the local Melkite Greek Catholic church, spoke to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the community’s concerns. [...]
A missionary warns that the world has forgotten about Sudan, a country currently experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world due to a three-year-long civil war. In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Fr Diego Dalle Carbonare, a Comboni missionary with experience in Egypt, Lebanon [...]
The attack on the parish of St Louis de Montfort did not inflict any casualties on the missionaries but generated widespread panic among the Christian population. A historic church in Meza, in the region of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, was reduced to rubble during an attack by jihadist insurgents, on [...]
A Benedictine Abbot fears that with Christians declining in the Holy Land, the historic quarters will become empty of families and Christian life. Dom Nikodemus Schnabel offered a stark portrait of the situation of Christians in the region where only a “tiny” minority, remain due to war, economic hardship, uncertainty [...]
When Bishop Stephen Nyodho was appointed for the Diocese of Malakal everything had been destroyed. No buildings, no services, and no flock. With courage and leading by example, he began to rebuild: First trust, and then infrastructure. The city of Malakal, in South Sudan, used to be home to dozens [...]
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on April 13 for a historic visit that was focused on the small but vibrant local Church and the role of dialogue between Christians and Muslims. After his visit to Algiers, the Holy Father visited Hippo (modern-day Annaba) , visiting sites associated with St. [...]
In the last decade, more than 200 priests have been kidnapped in 70% of Nigeria's dioceses. Clergy have become one of the main targets of kidnappings in Nigeria. There, priests play an essential role in healing a population wounded by trauma. To carry out their pastoral work, they have to [...]
Syria’s Christians have fallen “into crisis and fear,” according to Archbishop Jacques Mourad – but he’s no stranger to adversity and is determined to see that priests will be there to minister to their spiritual needs. Kidnapped in 2015 by ISIS when he was still a monk, Syriac Catholic Archbishop [...]
The situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate rapidly. Since the end of February, with the renewed escalation of the conflict in the region, southern Lebanon has once again become a war zone . Successive bombings have hit various areas of the country and forced tens of thousands of [...]
The country has more than 6,500 seminarians training to become priests and heal the hearts of a wounded people. “I want to be a voice for the voiceless and a beacon of hope, not only for Christians, but for all those affected by persecution in one way or another.” These [...]
