This month the Holy Father has asked all to "Pray that Christian communities, especially those who are persecuted, feel that they are close to Christ and have their rights respected." Making the sign of the cross, reading the Bible, going to Mass on Sunday, talking about Jesus, praying the [...]
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Being a Christian today in India means being harassed every day: if you pray in the family you are beaten, if you pray in a domestic church you are beaten, in the streets you are beaten.” - Shibu Thomas, Founder of Persecution Relief Network The situation of Religious Freedom in India [...]
ACN to “convert” the Lamborghini donated by the Pope into a nursery school and a Centre for Christians in the Nineveh region Thanks to a donation of 200,000 Euros from the Holy Father, following the auctioning of the Lamborghini that was given to him last year, ACN will be able [...]
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The case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman from Pakistan placed on death row for blasphemy, shocked the world. For almost a decade she endured solitary confinement. The struggle to prove her innocence and regain her freedom united people in a movement of prayer and solidarity. Besides Asia Bibi, there [...]
The murder of a missionary in Burkina Faso reflects the alarming situation into which the country is sliding “Their vehicle was returning from a meeting in Togo when, just a few kilometres after the frontier, they were ambushed by terrorists who had just murdered four policemen and burned down a [...]
An international ecumenical conference with prominent attendees was held on 12 February in Moscow to celebrate the third anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, which took place on 12 February 2016 in the Cuban capital of Havana. The event was hosted by the [...]
Today, 19th February 2019 marks exactly one year since the abduction of 15-year old Leah Sharibu, one of the school girls taken hostage by Boko Haram Terrorists from Dapchi in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria. Speaking with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Reverend Gideon Para-Mallam who is the family [...]
THE “ASIA BIBIS” THE WORLD KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT In Pakistan, 224 Christians have been victims of the blasphemy law since the law’s passage in 1986, Cecil Shane Chaudhry, Executive Director of the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of Pakistan, told a delegation from Aid to the Church in [...]
