Advocates say action is needed to stop the hemorrhaging of Christians from their biblical homelands, particularly Lebanon and Iraq, as safety, poor governance and economic crises imperil their future. Maronite Catholic Bishop Gregory Mansour, who heads the Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, New York recounted Lebanon’s distinct history and [...]
Last week, before his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis received in the hall of the Paul VI Hall, three Afghan Christian families. Through tears, they recounted their story to the Holy Father about how they hid their faith for years. One teenager had sent the pontiff his shirt days before. [...]
Suspected jihadists carried out several attacks in northwestern Nigeria over the weekend, leaving over 40 people dead. Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the attacks at the Wednesday General Audience, and called for the safety of all Nigerians to be protected. “I pray for those who have died, for [...]
Christian IDP’s from northern Syria need our help to survive in a country still suffering from international sanctions and the destruction left by the civil war in the country. Trip of CRTN to Syria in August 2021Fr Hugo Alaniz (IVE - The Congregation of The Incarnate Word ) in [...]
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN), Bishop Antonio Juliasse, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Pemba, in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, a region that since 2017 has seen a rash of terrorist attacks. What is your assessment of your first [...]
The threat of ISIS and other extremists in Iraq has grown following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan – according to one of the Middle East’s most respected bishops. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil told leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the [...]
An Afghan Christian, whose parents were killed by the Taliban when he was eight, has given fresh insight into what Christians can expect following the extremist group’s takeover. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Ali Ehsani, a 38-year-old lawyer now based in Italy, explained that the Taliban [...]
On October 18 this year the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International) is once again inviting parishes, kindergartens, schools and families to join in the annual prayer initiative “A million children praying the Rosary”. It is a prayer campaign for peace and unity throughout [...]
An ethnic Hmong Catholic family from Phinh Ho Parish based in Vietnam’s Yen Bai province have been kept in jail for spreading Catholic faith among villagers. The parish, founded by French missionaries in the early decades of the 20th century, is now home to 2,700 Hmong faithful from villages in [...]
On 6 August 2014, the city of Qaraqosh fell into the hands of IS. The city, located on the Nineveh Plains, about 25 km outside of Mosul, was once considered the largest Christian city in the country. Christians living in this region of Iraq were forced to flee from their [...]
