Faced with the dramatic situation in Lebanon, the international foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has launched a Christmas campaign for emergency assistance to support Christian communities in this Country. The “Sharing hope” campaign presents real life stories of the daily struggles of families and religious just to [...]
“We don’t know how we will live this Christmas, how we will survive Christmas, it will be a difficult time, but the help and the charity that we are receiving from all over the world means Christmas every day,” said Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, in a [...]
On Saturday 3rd December, the Association of Nigerian priests, religious and seminarians in Rome (NIPRELS) held a rosary procession in Saint Peter Square to intercede for their country, Nigeria. Moved by the endless challenges in their country, the Association of Nigerian priests, religious and seminarians in Rome (NIPRELS) on Saturday [...]
Meditation by Sr Noha from the Borj-Hammoud Nabaa clinic in Lebanon The times are hard. Clouds of change overwhelm the life of the Lebanese population and the Christians who live in the run-down neighbourhoods; they are shocked, exhausted, discouraged, even despairing. They go through the streets in search of someone [...]
The people will find it very difficult to survive during the winter with no energy to heat themselves in -20º temperatures. ACN has approved aid packages to counter the energy crisis. “We are afraid that the wave of Russian missile strikes and the coming of winter to regions which have [...]
Tyre is mentioned in the gospels as one of the places where Jesus went after having clashed with the pharisees in Galilee. Once a majority Maronite city, Christians are less than 30% of the population, and many are desperately poor, surviving only due to Church help, including food packages funded [...]
“Accusing priests of sabotage and espionage brings back memories of the worst times of totalitarian regimes”, says ACN executive president Heine-Geldern The Greek Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, in Ukraine, has issued a new statement, dated 30 November, on the situation of two Redemptorist priests who were illegally taken into custody [...]
With deep dismay, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has learned of the detention of two priests who were carrying out their ministry in the since February 2022 Russian-occupied port city of Berdiansk, in south-eastern Ukraine. The Redemptorist priests arrested by the Russian militia have been [...]
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, ACN calls attention to the suffering of Christian women in countries where sexual violence is used as a weapon against religious minorities, and urges national governments and international organisations to do more to combat the increasing number of these [...]
At the end of a two-month trial Cardinal Joseph Zen was found guilty along with five other human-rights activists. A $512 fine was imposed on Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, for his role in the now-dissolved fund established to aid participants of the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations [...]
