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How ACN is supporting the Mexican church in its peacebuilding project

Mexico is considered one of the most violent and dangerous countries in the world. According to a report on criminality in Mexico, by the country’s National Citizen’s Observatory, there were 15,560 victims of intentional homicide in the first half of 2023, 70.2% of whom were killed with firearms, a crime [...]

2023-10-25T12:17:56+02:00

THE CHURCH IN GAZA: “We will not abandon this Christian mission”

In a recent telephone conversation with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Sister Nabila expressed deep concern for around 100 traumatized children who are housed in the parish complex and who have known nothing but war throughout their lives. "We just want peace, peace. We have had six wars [...]

2023-10-25T12:06:44+02:00

NIGERIA: “We will not give up praying and advocating for the release of kidnapped Christians”

Ms Leah Sharibu was one of 110 schoolgirls seized by Boko Haram/ISWAP from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State on 19th February 2018 – but she was the only surviving pupil not to be returned after she refused to renounce her Christian Faith as the price [...]

2023-10-25T11:51:34+02:00

TODAY IS THE DAY: Join one million children to pray for peace and Unity

Today is the day! There is still time to join one million children from all over the world including over 5000 from Malta and Gozo, to pray the rosary together for peace and unity. October is the month of the rosary and the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in [...]

2023-10-18T12:54:32+02:00

HOLY LAND: “Our hope is in the Lord” – A renewed call for prayers for peace

With the deadline to evacuate northern Gaza approaching, religious Sisters announced that they were staying with those who are unable to leave. The Sisters of the Rosary – who have called for renewed prayers for peace – told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that they would be remaining [...]

2023-10-18T12:23:05+02:00

LATIN AMERICA: Despite their own struggles, ACN Benefactors give their “widows mite”

“Many of our Latin American benefactors are not wealthy, but they realise there are Christians whose situation is worse than theirs” says Regina Lynch, the executive president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) who has recently returned from an enlightening tour of ACN's Latin American national offices, which [...]

2023-10-18T11:53:37+02:00

COLUMBIA: Working together for the renewal of a straying world

This year the seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of the Servants of the Holy Spirit in La-Ceja Antioquia in northwest Colombia celebrated its 40th anniversary. Those four decades have seen 66 priests ordained from the community and now serving in 17 Colombian dioceses, as well as in six other countries [...]

2023-10-11T11:31:15+02:00

PAKISTAN: The West must insist on justice for Jaranwala victims

Governments in the West must intervene to demand justice be done for the victims of the “worst incident of persecution against Christians” in Pakistan – according to a priest who was on the scene when the atrocity took place. Father Abid Tanveer, Vicar general of the Diocese of Faisalabad, said [...]

2023-10-11T10:54:20+02:00

CUBA: ACN Malta supports the Society of Christian Doctrine (SDC) to give hope and build little evangelists

In a society scarred by Communism, with many families not practicing the faith, ACN Malta is promoting the teaching of the Catholic faith and Christian values to children, giving them hope, and building them up as little evangelists.  ACN Malta is partnering with the Society of Christian Doctrine in the [...]

2023-10-04T14:24:15+02:00