Rise in Hindu nationalismEscalating violence Rise in Hindu nationalism is becoming a serious threat to Christians in IndiaAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the elections and assumed control of India, there was a surge in Hindu nationalism at the expense of non-Hindu minorities. There have been [...]
Around 160 Christians are thought to have been captured when Daesh (ISIS) took over the town of Al Qaryatayn near Homs, Syria on Thursday 6th August according to a priest working in the region. But speaking to ACN, Father Jihad Youssef he said that the exact number of hostages was [...]
Interview 10.09.2015An interview with Johannes Freiherr Heereman, president of the international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Mr von Heereman, for years now ACN has been helping Christian refugees from the Middle East to stay on in their own countries. Doesn’t the current flood of refugees into Europe [...]
“The Church must give the people bread with one hand and the Bible with the other”ACN has carried out 140 emergency aid and pastoral projects – £5 million (€8 million) – in Syria since the conflict began four years ago. One such project enables 140 students to continue to attend [...]
The mission of the new People of God was to be exercised in a world hostile to Christ and to his disciples (cf Jn 15, 20). We can, therefore, understand why the Holy Spirit, which the Christian community was due to receive, needed to strengthen this community in the witness [...]
The recent destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria confirms that Daesh (IS) is continuing its programme of systematic cultural vandalism. The Islamic extremist group has said it considers statues and shrines idolatrous – many churches, monasteries and precious artefacts have been damaged [...]
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In an interview with Stephen Axisa, National Director of ACN Malta, Mgr Bonello the bishop of Juticalpa in Honduras spoke of the difficult times the country was going through. Honduras’ problems of violence, crime, unemployment and its consequences, especially poverty, were a legacy of the past. The solution does not [...]
After all the atrocities committed by Boko Haram in his country, Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Job in Nigeria, thinks “the world has to show more determination to halt the group's advance in Nigeria.” Other countries are slowly waking up to express shock at the increasing violence but there is [...]
Martyrdom was the subject of Mgr. George Frendo’s talk for the meeting organized by Comunita' Sant Egidio in Tirana 6 - 8 September.Starting with a definition of martyrdom according to Thomas Aquinas as “the shedding of one’s blood for Christ’s sake” and “the right endurance of sufferings unjustly inflicted” followed [...]