VATICAN - Committee appointed to distribute money collected for Ukraine The Vatican announced that a committee has been appointed that will be responsible for the distribution of the funds gathered in the Pope’s recent special collection for Ukraine. The Holy See press office announced:“As is known, following the tragic hostilities in the [...]
MEXICO - Bishop appeals for end to violence and murders Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda of Irapuato is appealing for peace in Mexico after years of shockingly high murder rates. According to Mexico’s National Institute for Statistics and Geography, between 2007 and 2014 there were 164,345 homicides in the country. The [...]
MALI - Interview with Father Germain Arama Father Germain was interviewed when he visited ACN Head Office in Königstein on Thursday, 21 April 2016. He was born in Mopti, in central Mali, studied at the seminary in Bamako, and is now the diocesan bursar of the diocese of Mopti, which serves a [...]
IRAQ - Refugee children make First Communion in Erbil camp There is a moment of joy in the bleakness of life for displaced Iraqi Christians. A record number of refugee children are making their First Communion in a refugee camp in Erbil. Out of the 5,500 people living in Erbil’s Aishty 2 [...]
Intimidated Christians in German refugee centres seek government protection German authorities have been urged to protect Christians and other non-Muslim migrants in refugee centres immediately as a new survey reveals that up to 40,000 non-Muslim migrants are being routinely harassed because of their faith. The survey aims to show the German [...]
“We can not remain silent" Interview with Karin Maria Fenbert, CEO of ACN , by Tobias Lehner about the initiative to end discrimination against Christian refugees in Germany Christian relief and human rights organizations including ACN have launched a much-publicized appeal highlighting the worrying situation in German refugee camps. Christians and other [...]
Pope plans historic visit to Sweden in October It has just been announced that Pope Francis will visit Sweden to participate in events on the 31st of October for the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The full programme of the trip has not been finalised but according to [...]
Appreciation – Prof Salvinu Busuttil It is with great sadness that we at Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta learnt that Salvinu Busuttil had passed away. I met him over lunch at the Corinthia two and a half years ago and since that day Salvinu has been one of [...]