In his first Easter message, Pope Leo XIV issued a profound challenge denouncing global indifference to the suffering of people, calling for an end to wars – “ let those who have weapons lay them down ” – and calling for a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter's Basilica [...]
ACN has launched the 'Heal Nigeria' campaign to raise awareness of the work of the local Church and provide urgent support to Christians in the country. Overnight, you have to leave your home, your job as a farmer, your land, all your crops... the entire history of your traditions, your [...]
Fiż-żona rurali u muntanjuża tan-nofsinhar tal-Ġorġja - li tinsab bejn l-Ewropa tal-Lvant u l-Asja tal-Punent fir-reġjun tal-Kawkasju - Madre Maria Grazia qed tgħix "iva" li tixbaħ il-wegħda tiegħek, 'il bogħod minn art twellidha, l-Italja, iżda f'post fejn il-Knisja hi xemgħa tnemnem imma tixgħel. Il-Monasteru tagħha hu l-unika komunità kontemplattiva fil-pajjiż [...]
Sister Alphoncia waslet fin-Nofsinhar ta' Możambik - li jinsab fuq il-kosta tal-Lvant t'isfel tal-Afrika - fl-2011. Ma kellha xejn ħlief il-vokazzjoni tagħha u x-xewqa li sservi. Flimkien mal-komunità tagħha, bnew skola żgħira, Knisja Parrokkjali, dar għas-Sorijiet, u workshops fejn iż-żgħażagħ setgħu jitgħallmu ħiliet u jerġgħu jiksbu d-dinjità. Kienu meħtieġa ħames [...]
Since the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, at the end of February 2026, the southern border of Lebanon has again become a war zone. In this context of increased violence, Fr Maroun Youssef Ghafari, the Maronite parish priest of Alma Sha’b, on the border with Israel, has [...]
In the hills east of Ramallah, the village of Taybeh stands as the last entirely Christian community in the West Bank—a place where ancient stone houses, olive groves, and church towers tell a story stretching back centuries. But today, its 1,400 residents are living under what their parish priest calls [...]
Churches have opened their doors to receive IDPs, but efforts are overstretched operating schools, hospitals, care homes and orphanages. AS another 25 people were killed by airstrikes in Beirut on 13 March, a senior Church aid-worker in the country said years of fragile peace had collapsed in an instant. Mariella [...]
When Pope Leo steps onto Algerian soil this April, he will be doing something no Pope has done before. Algeria has known Christian roots stretching back to the early centuries, and even produced three popes in antiquity, but a papal visit has never happened - until now. In a recent [...]
Over 30,000 people have been displaced following a wave of overnight airstrikes that hit Lebanon on Monday, 2 March, according to figures released by the Lebanese government. The attacks shattered the fragile calm that had held in recent months. According to local staff of Aid to the Church in Need [...]
As tensions rise once again across the Middle East, the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) warns that a further escalation of violence could have devastating consequences for Christian communities throughout the region. “The Christian presence in the Middle East must not die out,” said Regina [...]
