“Let’s hurry to love people, they depart so quickly…” (Polish poet and priest, Father Jan Twardowski). Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv, Ukraine, recently visited the Catholic parish in Zolochiv, near the frontline. During the visit, two parishioners asked to take a picture with him. A few days after, Bishop Honcharuk [...]
According to data compiled by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), at least 18 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria since the beginning of 2022, five in the first week of July alone. Although most were released unharmed, three were killed. Faced with this situation, the Nigerian Diocesan Catholic [...]
A leading bishop in Pakistan has called on the international community to do more to address the kidnapping, sexual assault and forced conversion of young people from Christian and other religious minorities in Pakistan. Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore made the call during an event at the shrine of Christ [...]
A project partner of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Syria who has been ministering to persecuted Christians has warned that “a big bomb” of hunger is exploding across the country. Speaking to ACN , Sister Annie Demerjian of Aleppo, Syria, said that the country’s deteriorating economy had [...]
The Catholic Church in Nicaragua has suffered over 190 attacks and desecrations in less than four years, including a fire in the Cathedral of Managua, as well as persecution of clergy by the regime of president Daniel Ortega, according to a research paper which was sent to Aid to the [...]
Fr Vitus Borogo and Fr Christopher Odia were murdered in apparent botched kidnapping attempts. Nigeria continues to be beset by criminality, and many priests have been targeted by bandits. The murder of two catholic priests in Nigeria, over the weekend, has left the local Christian community uneasy and in shock. [...]
When young people tell him that they want to leave Lebanon, bishop Jules Boutros tries to remind them that money, safety and education may be important, but only Jesus Christ is indispensable, and that they are needed back home. At a time when many young Christians try to leave the [...]
A NIGERIAN BISHOP IN MOURNING travelled to the United States crying out for justice for his country’s persecuted Christians. Bishop Jude Arogundade, of Ondo, is still overwhelmed by the fall-out of the deadly attack in his diocese on Pentecost Sunday, June 5, when attackers killed 41 worshippers during Mass at [...]
Two Mexican Jesuit priests, Fr Joaquín Mora, 78, and Fr Javier Campos, 80, were murdered on 20 June by armed men inside the church of the village of Cerocahui, in the Tarahumara mountain range, Chihuaha state, Mexico, while providing refuge to Pedro Palma, 60, a tour guide who was fleeing [...]
At a time in world history of unprecedented attacks on the family, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is aware that if it wants to live up to its name it has to support families. Over the past year ACN has approved over 100 projects specifically aimed at supporting [...]
