A church sheltering displaced people was hit in a missile attack, killing at least eight people in Derdghaya, southern Lebanon last night (Wednesday, 9th October), according to local Church sources. The sources told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the church and two of its adjoining [...]

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is stepping up its support for Christians in Lebanon in response to the deepening crisis, offering food, medicine, help with education, pastoral programmes and other desperately-needed assistance. The exchange of daily rocket fire on the Israel-Lebanon border since last October has caused almost [...]

Fr José Luis de Menezes speaks to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about origins of the Fazendas da Esperança, a network of rehabilitation centres, and their connection, to this day, with the pontifical foundation. “Our communities are dedicated to salvaging the dignity of people who have been lost [...]

The Archdiocese of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar in the Beqaa Valley, eastern Lebanon, is suffering a major humanitarian and security crisis as a result of the daily Israeli bombardment. In an interview with ACN, Mgr Hanna Rahmé describes the Church’s solidarity with internally displaced people and the disastrous situation which is leading [...]

As the bishop of Latin rite Catholics in Syria, the Franciscan Hanna Jallouf is very familiar with the situation in Idlib Governorate, the last rebel stronghold, where he served as a pastor for 22 years until his appointment as bishop, in September 2023. In a conversation with an ACN delegation, [...]

A religious Sister has remained in war-torn southern Lebanon to minister to thousands of Christians still in the region – despite ongoing airstrikes –, many of whom have also received help from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). Sister Maya El Beaino of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts [...]

The executive president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Regina Lynch, released the following statement: “As the executive president of ACN, a pontifical foundation that supports the persecuted and suffering Church throughout the world, I am deeply saddened by the unspeakable violence that has shaken the Holy [...]

A Christian mother of four in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for sharing allegedly blasphemous messages on WhatsApp – but legal advocates, supported by ACN – have vowed to appeal the conviction. Former nurse Shagufta Kiran, 40, received the death sentence on Wednesday (18th September) by the Federal Investigation [...]

ACN projects in the South of Lebanon are mostly emergency in nature and are needed now more than ever before, but the foundation is already studying ways to help thousands of displaced people, many of whom have taken shelter in churches. The wave of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon [...]

The Church – with support from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) – has stepped up help for thousands of Christians driven out of their homes by extremists in Burkina Faso, according to a priest caring for displaced people. Father André Poré from Ouahigouya Diocese told ACN that around [...]