Plans to build India’s largest statue of Jesus in the southern state of Karnataka have encountered heavy opposition from local Hindu nationalists. The state-level government, controlled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked for the suspension of construction until the ownership of the construction plot has been [...]
The Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation ACN International has learned with dismay of the abduction of four young seminarians in Kaduna, Nigeria. According to local sources, the incident occurred on 8 January 2020 at the Good Shepherd seminary in the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria. Shortly after 10.30 [...]
https://issuu.com/wwwacn/docs/il-_add_12_ta__jannar_2020
A study published earlier this year reveals about 3,000 attacks on churches, schools and Christian symbols in Europe over the past year. According to research conducted by the Gatestone Institute , the study center and international policy council, these attacks were particularly significant in France and Germany, but were also “common” in [...]
The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop who accuses the government of using different methods to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance. In the wake of the Christmas Day attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and an [...]
THOUSANDS of Syrian children could afford to smile last Christmas thanks to Aid to the Church in Need’s Gifts of Faith– according to a Sister helping suffering Christians. In an audio-message to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), project partner Sister Annie Demerjian thanked the charity’s benefactors for supporting [...]
https://issuu.com/wwwacn/docs/il-_add_5_ta__jannar_2020
https://issuu.com/wwwacn/docs/1st_edition_january_2020
https://issuu.com/wwwacn/docs/il-_add_29_ta__di_embru_2019
