As reported by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) a few months ago, 40 Christian men were released in late January 2020 after spending nearly five years in prison, randomly accused of participating in the lynching of two Muslim men. The lynching happened amid riots sparked by twin suicide [...]
The Brothers of Saint Albert in East Ukraine are on the frontline in a twofold sense: the frontline in the war and the frontline in their work of mercy, caring for the homeless, the handicapped and alcoholics. Yurij is 69. His story is a story of mercy received. He suffered [...]
A 14-year-old Christian girl has escaped from the man a High Court in Pakistan ruled to be her husband and has gone to the police to say that she was filmed while being raped by him. Maira Shahbaz, her mother, Nighat, and three siblings are on the run from Mohamad [...]
Four days after calling the Bishop of Pemba, D. Luiz Lisboa, expressing his closeness to the prelate and the population of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique Pope Francis refers again to this region of Mozambique, the scene of violent terrorist attacks since October 2017, which have intensified this year, causing a significant [...]
The trauma of the recent explosion in Beirut has left many of the city’s children in need of psychological support, according to a delegation from the heart of the recovery effort. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in a live link to Beirut watched by hundreds on [...]
Immediately after the terrible explosion of August 4 in Beirut, the ACN decided to mobilize emergency aid of € 250,000 for families brutally deprived of their homes and any means of subsistence. Our project partners highlight the extensive damage the explosion caused. Lebanon, which had long since plunged into a [...]
Before the civil war, Syria had a strong educational system with almost 100% enrollment in primary school and 70% of children also attended secondary school. In 2002, education became compulsory and free from first grade to the end of high school. According to the 2004 census, the literacy rate in Syria [...]
On Sunday the Orthodox-majority nation of Romania marked its first ever National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians, a move intended to honor Romanian martyrs and raise awareness about global anti-Christian persecution. In June, the Romanian government approved a law put forward by Daniel Gheorghe, a member of the [...]
Pope Francis prayed on the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Mother of Hope,” for Nigeria’s persecuted Christians and for peace in conflicts in Africa. “Today I would like to pray in particular for the population of the northern region of [...]
With the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, the Iraqi prime minister has called on Christians to return home to Iraq. Mustafa Al-Kazemi said, in a statement issued by the government, that Iraq was “serious about providing assistance to our Christian families and solving their problems.” “We are glad that Christians will return [...]
