The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has committed an aid package to support the Christians of the Holy Land during the current crisis. This aid will support impoverished Christians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as Christian migrant workers and [...]
Thanks to the help of our Benefactors, the diocese of Jagdalpur in Inida has at last been able to establish a home for its sick and elderly priests. ACN contributed towards the cost. Back in the spring of 2022 we reported on the laying of the foundation stone and we [...]
Notwithstanding a recent bomb attack that damaged the house of Salesian religious sisters in Sudan's capital, local residents are asking the religious to continue to stay with them, to provide food, basic needs and hope. The local people who said they find solace in the presence of the sisters in [...]
More than 50 Christian family homes and a Christian school have been destroyed, and other Christian buildings have been badly damaged by airstrikes in Gaza, according to ACN's project partner. One of the buildings destroyed has been the Rosary Sisters School. The school had 1,250 students, both Christian and Muslim, [...]
An Indian archbishop has expressed delight that the Vatican has opened the cause of canonisation of martyrs killed during one of the most violent outbreaks of Christian persecution this century. The cause has been opened of Catholic catechist Kanteswar Digal and 34 others who died when Hindutva extremists attacked Christians [...]
People in Iraq are terrified that the war in the Holy Land will engulf the region, according to a leading archbishop, who is calling on governments around the world to work to bring peace. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda said he fears an escalation of the conflict could trigger another [...]
A bomb struck the house of a mission operated by Salesian religious sisters in Sudan, at 6h50 in the morning of Friday, 3 November, causing serious damage. According to those who were in the house at the time it is a miracle that nobody was killed by the double explosion [...]
Like many other Syrians, Mousa and Tamara lost their jobs and most prospects for a better future because of the civil war that tore their country apart. These two members of the Christian community never stopped dreaming that the future could be better, and now, because of a project supported [...]
Father Gabriel Romanelli is responsible for the Church of the Holy Family, the only Catholic parish in the entire Gaza Strip and which has also become a refuge for hundreds of people fleeing the bombings and the violence that is affecting this entire territory. In an interview with the ACN, [...]
A Christian living in Bethlehem has recounted how war, disease and economic crisis are hitting the faithful in the place where Christ was born. Speaking to ACN, Rony Tabash, a member of a Christian family that has lived in Bethlehem for generations, described how the current conflict is directly impacting [...]
