The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Mozambique has denounced an “exponential rise” in criminality in the country, following an attack on the house of a group of religious sisters in the Archdiocese of Nampula. The attack occurred on 8 August, in Mecuburi. Shortly after midnight the criminals scaled the [...]
Emergency aid is to be sent to Colombia by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in response to the earthquake that has devastated parts of the country. Within 36 hours of the 7.4 quake that struck on 10th of August, ACN agreed to provide funding to assist immediate needs. [...]
On 25 July, in Lebanon, the Maronite Church celebrated the beatification of Patriarch Elias Hoyek (1843-1931), the father of “Greater Lebanon” and founder of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family, with whom Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has several projects. On Saturday, 25 July, thousands of faithful [...]
From Spain to the USA, several churches have been vandalised in the past three months. Although the attacks seem unrelated to each other, they show that religious freedom is not to be taken for granted, even in majority Christian countries. The popular European shrine of Medjugorje, in Bosnia, was vandalised [...]
Baghdad offering incentives for Christians to return to Iraq. Al-Zaidi’s words will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of Catholic bishops. Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has declared the return of Christian families a national priority and pledged to include returnees in a government program that is offering 1 million [...]
Camps take place in 11 different countries, with a particular focus on regions marked by war, displacement and instability. Every year pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supports the organisation of youth summer camps by local churches. This year, ACN is supporting 407 summer camps, through 46 [...]
The Pope has encouraged more than 700 young people who lived through Iraq’s jihadist occupation to be the light of the world. In a video shown on Wednesday, 8 July, at the Ankawa Youth Meeting (AYM), Pope Leo XIV urged young believers to persevere in faith and become peacemakers despite [...]
A Seminarian who survived the double earthquake that rocked Venezuela has transformed his own fear and grief into a mission helping survivors search for loved ones, care for the displaced and find hope amid tragedy. Germán Jiménez, preparing to be ordained a priest for Petare Diocese, said the disaster – [...]
Thanks to the generosity of 363,176 benefactors around the world, the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) was able to fund 5,368 projects in 141 countries during 2025. Income from donations and legacies enabled ACN to respond positively to thousands of requests for assistance from Christian communities [...]
The executive president of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), is visiting Venezuela, following the tragic earthquakes that killed thousands of people. Regina Lynch has arrived in the country on Tuesday, July 7, visiting the dioceses most affected by the earthquakes, and to express the closeness [...]
