The President of Pakistan’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference has welcomed a Supreme Court decision to reject a government report into the authorities’ response to attacks described by Church leaders as the “worst incident against Christians” in the nation’s history. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Samson Shukardin [...]
Almost 30 Christians were killed or kidnapped in different incidents in three different countries over the past few days. Fifteen Christians were killed and two wounded in an attack on Catholics in Essakane, in the Diocese of Dori, Burkina Faso. The attack, which took place on Sunday, 25 February, was [...]
Testimony of Albertine Brother Bernard Jerzy Czarnucha “My name is Br. Bernard from the Congregation of Brother Albert. Our shelter in Lviv has existed for six years. The Albertine Brothers are like emergency personnel, first aid. The man on the street, under stress, someone who is freezing, someone very hungry, [...]
Christians residing in the West Bank and Jerusalem are being confronted with a dire situation as the war in Gaza and escalating tensions between Israelis and Palestinians continue to take their toll according to recent information received by the international foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). With an [...]
In the run-up to the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine, one of the country’s most senior Catholic leaders has described how the Church is overwhelmed with the task of supporting families tormented and broken by the conflict. Speaking at a conference organised by Aid to the Church in [...]
A delegation from the ACN International met with the Pope during the International Conference for the Ongoing Formation of Priests, at the end of last week, and offered him a “missionary hat”, a symbol of the presence and work of the sisters of the congregation of Jesus Word and Victim, in Guasimal, [...]
The on-going war in Gaza has engulfed the region, resulting in a humanitarian catastrophe with thousands dead and leaving many without homes or any source of income. ACN is working with Church partners on the ground to provide Christians with emergency aid – water, food, medicine, rent and other essentials. [...]
Hundreds of Christians expelled from their village in Burkina Faso are receiving vital help from ACN as part of a renewed commitment to supporting victims of Islamist extremism in Africa’s impoverished Sahel region. ACN is providing emergency food supplies for more than 340 of the faithful on the brink of [...]
The pilgrimage was instituted in 1884 by Fr Machado, the Venezuelan priest in the Diocese of La Guaira, after returning from a trip to the famous shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Tony Pereira, a lay member of the current organising committee, spoke to Aid to the Church [...]
On the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake, a bishop in Aleppo called for an end to Western economic sanctions which have plunged Syrians into abject poverty. Armenian Orthodox Bishop Magar Ashkarian of Aleppo told ACN that the sanctions imposed on Syria have caused much suffering, especially for minorities such [...]
