Catholics in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau held a day of prayer and fasting for peace and unity in the troubled country.  Guinea-Bissau never quite achieved stability following its independence from Portugal in 1975, and division and conflict continue to affect the nation today, fuelled largely by rampant corruption [...]

In the face of rampant violence which is paralysing Port-au-Prince and isolating Haiti from the rest of the world, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Haiti, in a message received by ACN, calls on the government to act and appeals to every Haitian to work for peace and overcome hatred.  In [...]

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced plans to increase vital basic help for people in Burkina Faso desperate to escape Islamist extremists who have seized control of more than half of the country. ACN will provide more emergency help, trauma counselling programmes and other help in response to [...]

Two Albanian martyrs, Fr Luigi Paliq and Fr Gjon Gazulli, have been declared blessed by the Catholic Church, during a ceremony held on Saturday 16 November, in the city of Shkodër. “These two men were libelled and unjustly harassed, but their witness of forgiveness and love in the face of [...]

One in four people in Lebanon have been displaced as a result of the ongoing war as the Church struggles to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for help. Although Israeli airstrikes are focussed on Hezbollah targets, there is a constant risk of civilians becoming collateral damage, according to Marielle [...]

A Nigerian bishop committed to helping families fleeing some of the country’s worst persecution and conflict has marked the anniversary of his ordination by offering a heartfelt message of thanks to a leading Catholic charity.  In the decade since his episcopal ordination, Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Makurdi has witnessed an [...]

With Islamist groups gaining more political influence in Bangladesh, Church sources are increasingly concerned about the treatment of Christians and ongoing attacks on Catholic schools. Christians often struggle to find work, church construction projects are delayed, and the future of Catholic schools is under threat, according to a Church source [...]

Fr Gersaín Paz, the parish priest of one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in all of Colombia, tells Aid to the Church in Need how faith and music have changed the life of many children in Cali, the capital of the drug trade, keeping them away from drugs and the [...]

The Amazon, known as the “lungs of the planet” due to its rich biodiversity, is also home to inspiring and encouraging stories. One such story is centred on an old truck in a garage in Altamira, deep in the state of Pará, Brazil, which though surrounded by rusty old scrap, [...]

A priest was kidnapped from the minor seminary where he worked, last Sunday, and taken by armed bandits into the bush.  Armed gunmen broke into the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, in the Diocese of Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria, at around 19h on Sunday evening and fired shots into the air, [...]