According to the Catholic Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Mons. Jacek Pyl, the increase in the number of families in Crimea that are living below the poverty line has been particularly steep. Many families cannot afford to go on holiday. As soon as school closes for the holidays, many children have to spend their time on the...
The second part of the “Console my People” prayer campaign for Syrian Christians organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) together with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Syria for families whose dear ones were abducted or killed during the eight years of the conflict, commenced on 15th September 2019, with the blessing...
The Bishops’ Conference of Nicaragua has announced a week of prayer for the country at a time when the United Nations has warned of serious rights violations. The week of prayer began Sept. 8, feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will continue till Sept. 15 when Nicaragua celebrates its national independence....
The Diocese of Buea has been seriously affected by the worsening socio-political crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, both Anglophone regions of the country. This is the conclusion reached by the international foundation Aid to the Church in Need after consulting sources close to the local Church in the area....
My Vocation Surfaced after Participation In Sunday Prayers in the Absence of a Priest My name is Hubert, I was born in the diocese of Luiza in the RDCongo. I went to primary school in this area. Baptized in infancy, I was integrated in a group of young people where I was able to benefit...
The Ankawa Youth Meeting (AYM) 22nd to 24th of August brought together Christian youth from across seven archdioceses. The Meeting counted around 1,000 participants from more than 60 parishes from different Iraqi cities including Baghdad, Basra, Duhok, Erbil, Kirkuk, Mosul and Sulaymaniyah. It was a very important event because a lot of the youth feel...
Lubna Safdar is a young Catholic widow in Sarghoda, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. She is the mother of a two-year-old son, Sharon. She told Aid to the Church in Need about her suffering in the wake of the murder of her husband, Safdar Masih, and the failure of authorities to launch a timely...
It is exactly ten years since the inception of terrorist activities by the Boko Haram Islamist group in Nigeria. This group of radical Islamist, whose principal goal is to create a strict Islamic state in the North of Nigeria started in 2009 and have continued to carry out deadly attacks, ravaging entire villages, killing and...
Id-Direzzjoni tal-Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) tirringrazzja lill-E.T. Joseph Galea Curmi, Isqof Awżiljarju tal-messaġġ tiegħu li ġentilment għoġbu jagħmel għall-jum internazzjonali li jfakkar il-vittmi ta’ atti ta’ vjolenza minħabba r-reliġjon jew t-twemmin. Nirringrazzjawh tat-talb u tal-appoġġ kontinwu tiegħu favur il-ħidma tal-Aid to the Church in Need b’risq ħutna l-Kristjani ppersegwitati. Nappellaw lill-Maltin u...
On 15 August, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis, during the Angelus prayer in St Peter’s Square, blessed 6,000 rosaries destined for Syria. They will be given to people in Syria who have had relatives or family members abducted or murdered during the civil war. This is part of...
