Catechists, often at the risk to their own lives, are pillars of the Church in Burkina Faso. Despite the continuous terrorist threats against them, they assure, in the absence of priests, the continuity of faith in villages and displacement camps. In an interview with ACN, a priest from the Diocese [...]
Christian leaders welcomed assurances from those controlling Syria that believers will have a future in the country, which was seized by rebel forces including jihadist militias last weekend. Armenian Catholic Bishop Georges Assadourian of Damascus told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that he met with the rebel leaders [...]
More than one year after the war began, Pope Francis continues to telephone the Catholic parish in Gaza every day and has become a grandfather figure to the children, says Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem continues to give as much support as it can to the small [...]
In one of the most dangerous states in Mexico, the Worker Sisters help children who are exposed to violence. With ACN’s support, they also train novices who grew up in difficult environments, preparing them to carry hope to vulnerable communities. “One of our children saw his father be killed,” says [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has assured Syria’s Christian community of its continued support after insurgent groups toppled the country’s government on Sunday, 8th December. Regina Lynch, executive president at ACN International said that the organisation has remained in close contact with its project partners in Syria and [...]
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says that even though he does not believe there is a short-term solution to the crisis in the Holy Land, he does have hope for the future of Christians in the region. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem believes that the end of the war in Gaza is [...]
Kinga Schierstaedt, Project Co-ordinator for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Africa, travelled to the landlocked African nation of South Sudan. Bordering the Republic of Sudan, its larger neighbour to the north, South Sudan has suffered terribly from conflict and civil war in recent years. After returning from [...]
Despite the danger, a Brazilian missionary priest has stayed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Fr Lucas Perozzi thanks ACN for the help it keeps providing, and remains committed to spreading the Gospel. Fr Lucas Perozzi found himself in Ukraine when Russia began its full-scale assault on the [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is making an urgent appeal for prayer and support for the Christian community and all residents of Aleppo, Syria, who are facing a worsening humanitarian crisis following the recent occupation of the city by anti-government rebel groups, some of whom have clear jihadist [...]
No fewer than 182 young men from many different parts of Ukraine are currently training for the priesthood at the Greek Catholic seminary in Ivano-Frankivsk. For the first six months of the war the seminary was used as emergency accommodation for 200 women refugees and their children, while the seminarians [...]
