Two more civilians were killed by sniper fire in the grounds of Holy Family Church in Gaza City last weekend. Local Church partners told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that two women, Samar Anton and her mother Nahida, were fatally injured on Saturday (16th December) as they tried [...]
To celebrate this Christmas, ACN is providing 45,000 gifts to needy children in Syria and Lebanon. This year, 35,000 children in Syria and 10,000 in Lebanon will receive Christmas presents in the form of urgently needed clothing. Pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is sending over aid [...]
ACN is supporting a solidarity project that is rescuing around 300 people living in the Tabbaleh neighborhood, one of the poorest in Damascus, from absolute poverty. With the help of ACN, the local parish prepared a kitchen to offer hot meals every day to those who can no longer even [...]
Gaza’s only Catholic church was damaged in an attack over the weekend. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has confirmed to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that shrapnel from Israeli army strikes on nearby buildings destroyed water tanks and solar panels on the roofs of the Holy [...]
During a conversation with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez of the Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru, spoke about projects related to religious communities, and the need to reach everyone in a country where the lack of vocations and missionaries is a constant concern, especially [...]
Uncontrollable emigration – driven by misery, corruption and Western sanctions – is crippling the Christian community in Syria, according to an archbishop. Christian families are leaving Syria en masse because of growing societal problems, such as extreme poverty and an education system in crisis, Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs told [...]
Following a bomb attack by extremists at a gymnasium at the University of Mindanao in the Philippines which killed four worshippers and injured 50 others, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has released a statement, offering prayers and affirming their faith in the face of persecution; “We pray for [...]
The 66-year-old priest, who was captured on November 20, 2022, had been living in Mali for more than thirty years Fr. Hans Joachim Lohre, a German missionary belonging to the order of the White Fathers, missionaries to Africa, who was kidnapped in Mali on Sunday, November 20, 2022, has been [...]
Burmese rebels have launched a fresh offensive in the civil war that broke out almost three years ago, prompting displaced civilians to seek shelter in churches. Armed insurgent groups began new manoeuvres last week, attacking Burma (Myanmar)’s ruling military junta, according to local news reports. The latest offensive aims to [...]
To tackle an educational crisis in the Middle East, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing aid to help impoverished families educate their children and prevent the spread of extremism. ACN announced a support package for Catholic schools, pupils and teachers in Syria and Lebanon. As part of [...]
