"It is not the first time they tried to attack our church, but so far there had never succeeded." So Father Ibrahim Alsabagh, the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, says Aid to the Church in Need fregarding the attack yesterday on his parish, the Church of San Francesco, in [...]
Egypt 14Oct. 2015“We no longer want to be second-class citizens” A Coptic Catholic bishop is full of hope close to the parliamentary elections in EgyptShortly before the parliamentary elections begin in Egypt on Sunday, the Coptic Catholic bishop of Assiut has expressed his optimism. In an interview [...]
Foundation stone laid for church to honour Coptic Christians martyred by ISThe foundation stone for a church dedicated to the 21 Coptic Christians martys killed by Islamic State was recently laid in the Coptic-Orthodox Diocese of Samalout, the district where they lived.The church building was authorised by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, [...]
Persecuted and Forgotten?, a detailed Report on the extent of Christian persecution worldwide produced by Aid to the Church in Need was launched in Malta last Saturday, 24 October. The launch took place at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hall, Birkirkara.The opening address was delivered by Stephen Axisa, National Director [...]
Pope Francis’ visit will give new hope to Central African RepublicDespite the renewed violence in the capital, Bangui, Pope Francis still plans to visit the Central African Republic and hopes to "personally meet and bless each and every Central African" during his trip in November. Local people are “honored that [...]
Success Story: dedication of the new church in BerhimundaIt was a time of great celebration when the newly built church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola was first consecrated in Berhimunda, in eastern India. The bishop himself was present at the ceremony and was welcomed with traditional dances by the people [...]
A car for pastoral work in the new diocese of Bahir Dar–DessiMany foreign tourists fly to Bahir Dar in Western Ethiopia. The third largest city in the country, it is a place where you can not only holiday beneath blossoming tropical trees on the shores of Lake Tana, or take [...]
Success Story: how you helped 76 young people from the Amazon region to take part in the National Youth Day in Manta A letter of thanks has reached us from the heart of the Amazon rainforest, from the apostolic vicariate of Napo in Ecuador. Our benefactors had helped with 9,000 [...]
20,000 Catechisms for children and young people El Salvador has still not fully recovered from the consequences of its brutal civil war from 1981 to 1991. Unemployment is high, the gulf between rich and poor is enormous and numerous organised criminal gangs continue to make the country unsafe to this [...]
ISIS execute another three Assyrian Christians abducted in SyriaACN MaltaISIS has just released a video showing the execution of three Assyrian Christians in Syria on the morning of 23 September.The date is significant because it was the day Muslims commemorated Eid al-Adha, the "Festival of the Sacrifice". No reason was [...]