Although the number of Christians in Iraq continues to be low, there are signs of rebirth of the Church in areas that were severely impacted by the Islamic State group’s rule there almost a decade ago. On a recent visit to the United States, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda outlined ways [...]
Amid the ongoing crackdown by President Daniel Ortegas’ Sandinista regime against the Catholic Church and political opponents, police authorities in Nicaragua have arrested yet another priest. Father Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda, of the Parish of San Juan Pablo II in the Diocese of Matagalpa, was arrested on Tuesday night, 23 [...]
A Bishop in Ethiopia has issued an impassioned plea for the resumption of talks between the government and rebel forces aimed at ending a conflict that has cost hundreds of lives and displaced tens of thousands of people. Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, told Aid to the Church [...]
Aid to the Church in Need had a stand at the latest meeting of the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil, the largest Catholic country in the world. The pontifical foundation used the opportunity to spend time with the bishops of needy dioceses, but also to share stories of Christian suffering from [...]
A police officer who was doing security work for a Catholic school for girls in north-eastern Pakistan opened fire on a group of teachers and students, killing two young girls, one of whom was only nine years old. Five other girls, and one adult woman were injured in the shooting, [...]
The archbishop of one of the world’s most perilous dioceses has described how he has five guard dogs to protect him at home and travels around with an armed escort. Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria, gave Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) a glimpse into life [...]
Sudan and South Sudan fought a drawn-out Civil War before separating in 2011. However, almost all South-Sudanese still have relatives living in the capitalof Sudan, Khartoum, which has been rocked by a violent conflict between military factionsrepresenting different political groups.The Catholic Church in South Sudan is preparing to host refugees [...]
“I came back happy”, says Barbara Rettig, Aid to the Church in Need’s (ACN) head of projects for part of India, as she returned from a trip to West Bengal. “I saw a joyful and hopeful Church, with people singing during Mass, and beating drums… Over there, I felt that [...]
Every day hundreds of people arrive at Necoclí beach, in the Colombian Caribbean. What was once known as a bustling tourist point, is now famous for its stream of migrants who risk the dangerous route, with little more than the clothes on their backs, in the hope of getting to [...]
Thanks to the generous support of our benefactors, and despite the extreme increase in prices, we were able to provide enough firewood to help the people of 10 parishes in the Latin rite diocese of Lutsk in northwest Ukraine to keep warm over the winter. Our sincere thanks to all [...]
