Thousands of Catholics in Vietnam have experienced discrimination because of their faith in the country’s northwest province of Dien Bien, where communist forces defeated French troops in 1954. The province is home to three parishes and many mission stations serving some 3,000 Catholics, including Hmong people. They use their own [...]
A group of ethnic Christians in a remote, hill village in Bangladesh are living in fear after their church was recently attacked by presumed Buddhist mobs. The Bawm Tribal Baptist Church in Sundrapara village in Bangladesh’s Rangamati district of southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) was attacked and vandalized the nights [...]
Did you know Afghanistan is consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima? Fr. Giovanni Scales, Barnabite missionary and head of Mission Sui Iuris of Afghanistan, consecrated Afghanistan to Our Lady of Fatima on Oct. 13, 2017. He held a ceremony in the chapel of the Italian embassy with Catholic military, civilians, [...]
ACN has sent through the first tranche of urgent assistance to Haiti for families worst affected by the earthquake and the floods that followed. The Charity announced help for 45 struggling families in Jeremie, which has been devastated by mudslides and flash flooding from a tropical storm which landed just [...]
The 52nd International Eucharistic Congress will bring together Catholics from all over the world to deepen their understanding of the importance of the Eucharist and reflect on the mission of the Catholic Church to make God’s love present in the world of today. This year the Congress will be held [...]
19 August marks the 30th anniversary of the coup carried out by the Soviet military and Communist elites. The images went around the world: tanks rolling through Moscow’s inner city and taking up position in front of the parliament building. The Soviet news agency TASS reporting that President of the [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced a major emergency aid package for Haiti, following the devastating earthquake that struck the country on Saturday (14th August). ACN, which has been talking with the Haitian Church about the response to the crisis, approved aid amounting to half a million [...]
A Christian couple who spent seven years on death row in Pakistan on false blasphemy charges has been granted asylum in a European country. According to human rights organization ADF International, Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel arrived in Europe last week after their death sentence was overturned by the Lahore [...]
Reports have emerged of how a Christian man in Mozambique risked his life by refusing to convert to Islam after extremists seized him and held him captive in the bush. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Kwiriwi Fonseca, of Pemba diocese, said the man, who cannot [...]
Pope Francis said has expressed sorrow at the news of the Aug. 9 murder of French priest Fr. Olivier Maire, as he extended his condolences to the priest’s family, community, and all Catholics in France. During his general audience today, Aug. 11, the pope said he learned of the murder [...]
