In 2019, Africa set a sad record for the second time in a row. It is the continent with the highest number of murdered priests, religious and church workers. The mounting number of kidnappings and the increasing spread of Islamist terror are also alarming. The increase in violence was particularly [...]
In collaboration with the Holy See, the United Arab Emirates has delivered 50 tons of emergency medical aid to the Peruvian Amazon region that is battling the coronavirus pandemic. The aid reaches the Amazon as Covid-19 infections rise throughout Latin America putting millions of vulnerable people at risk. This delivery [...]
As the US Bishops observe “Religious Freedom Week,” the acting president of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty warns against “discrimination against religion in general and Catholic Christianity in particular." “The right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person,” says Archbishop Thomas Wenski [...]
Grzegorz Draus is not an astronaut, although he may look like one, nor is he a pilot of some kind of special spaceship, but he is part of a very special mission; to care for the bodies and souls of COVID-19 patients in a special hospital in the city of [...]
To ensure the survival of almost 70 communities of Sisters ministering in part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) beset by conflict and violence, Aid to the Church in Need has provided emergency help. As COVID-19 restrictions mean Sisters have lost their means of financial support, Aid to [...]
Mass was celebrated roughly every 23 seconds somewhere around the world in 2019 for the intentions of Aid to the Church in Need’s Benefactors. ACN sends stipends from its benefactors to help priests where the Church is suffering or in dire need providing financial aid for the priests to enable [...]
For Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which was founded at a time when Europe was recovering from the devastating effects of World War II to help refugees and displaced people, emergency and pastoral care for refugees is an identifying element of its mission. The bitter truth is that [...]
Pope Francis has appointed the Father Anton Teuma as the new Bishop of Gozo. The formal announcement was made today at the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary Gozo by Apostolic Nuncio Mgr Alessandro D’Errico to the loud applause of priests and parishioners gathered at the sanctuary. The new Bishop takes over the [...]
ARCHBISHOP RAMZI GARMOU, when he still headed the Chaldean Archeparchy of Tehran, spoke with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the situation of Christians in Iran. He currently serves as archbishop of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Amida, Turkey. Are Christians in Iran particularly discriminated against? They are forbidden [...]
At the end of May terrorist groups launched a merciless attack on the town of Macomia, in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northeast Mozambique, an area rich in oil and natural gas. The Theresian Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph have been present in Macomia for 16 years now and [...]
