KHARKIV IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE UKRAINIAN CITIES MOST UNDER FIRE. Many buildings and apartments have been damaged or even destroyed. In the first week of the war, a missile hit the bishop’s house in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia. Despite the dangerous situation, Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk is staying with [...]
“There is a lot of coming and going here. Thousands of refugees arrive every day,” Father Wladyslaw Biszko tells Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The priest leads a pilgrim and retreat house in Lviv, on the same site as the Roman Catholic seminary. Since the start of the war, [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced the launching of a large-scale campaign for Catholic schools in Lebanon, to help offset the great economic crisis that has been bleeding the country’s social institutions dry, especially those linked to the Catholic Church. “Lebanon has suffered with the most serious [...]
The very day the invasion of Ukraine began, the Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced an emergency aid package for Ukraine. And last week ACN increased its aid package to help the Catholic Church in Ukraine cope with the challenges of the [...]
The leader of the largest Catholic Church in Ukraine, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, has expressed his gratitude to all those who, at an international level, are doing what they can to put an end to the “horrific” war in his country. Since the beginning of this conflict the leader of [...]
Before leaving Ukraine Cardinal Konrad Krajewski recalls the profound suffering of the people, especially the women and children, but also their great faith and trust in the future. The Papal Almoner spoke to Vatican News spoke about his mission of Gospel charity, a journey made up of being with others [...]
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN), Bishop Antonio Juliasse, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Pemba, in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, a region that since 2017 has seen a rash of terrorist attacks. What is your assessment of your first [...]
The threat of ISIS and other extremists in Iraq has grown following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan – according to one of the Middle East’s most respected bishops. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil told leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the [...]
An Afghan Christian, whose parents were killed by the Taliban when he was eight, has given fresh insight into what Christians can expect following the extremist group’s takeover. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Ali Ehsani, a 38-year-old lawyer now based in Italy, explained that the Taliban [...]
On October 18 this year the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International) is once again inviting parishes, kindergartens, schools and families to join in the annual prayer initiative “A million children praying the Rosary”. It is a prayer campaign for peace and unity throughout [...]
