Today, just like in the book of Acts, Christians are persecuted all over the world for their faith. Millions face imprisonment, loss of home and assets, physical torture, rape and even death as a result of their faith. Our Ecclesiastical Assistant, Rev. Mons. Professor Hector Scerri says: “the Acts of [...]
Father Kenneth Iwunna works as a missionary among the tribe of the Borana, traditionally a nomadic people, in a remote area of Ethiopia. For five years now, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been supporting the pastoral work of his parish with annual donations of [...]
Below is an excerpt from the seventh chapter in Sierra-Leonean journalist and author Isha Sesay's new book, "Beneath the Tamarind Tree," the "first definitive account" of what took place on the ground following the abduction of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in 2014. *** "We should burn these girls!" "No, let's take [...]
This Friday, 29th November 2019, Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) will play host to Mr. John Pontifex, a renowned UK Journalist and Head of Press & Information for Aid to the Church in Need (UK) who will be the Keynote Speaker at the Launch of ACN's “Persecuted and [...]
Pope Francis urged interreligious dialogue in Burkina Faso as ongoing violence by jihadist groups has killed more than 750 people in the West African country this year. “I address a special thought to dear Burkina Faso, who for some time has been tried by recurrent violence,” Pope Francis said in [...]
Siham is a Syrian woman who had to give birth to her baby, by caesarean delivery, amid the war her country is going through. Aid to the Church in Need made it possible, both for mother and son, to be safe today. Siham dreamed of preparing everything for her baby’s [...]
A Nigerian pastor who was abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group seven months ago was finally freed last Sunday and said his captors demanded that he convert to Islam. Pastor Moses Oyeleke of Living Faith Church was released along with a young female named Ndagilaya Ibrahim Umar of [...]
In a region that has been so torn by warfare and crisis, and by hatred and violence, the Saint John Paul II Youth Pastoral Centre supported by Aid to the Church in Need is often the first place where they hear the message of love. This centre in Sarajevo, Bosnia’s [...]
Pope Francis has announced that he will be embarking on an Apostolic Visit to war-torn South Sudan next year. His first visit to the African nation was scheduled for 2017 but was put off due to political instability and security reasons. Speaking at his weekly Audience in the Vatican, the [...]
“The war in Syria is not yet over. We continue to feel the presence of ISIS”. This was the view expressed by Armenian Catholic Archbishop Boutros Marayati of Aleppo, in a telephone conversation with the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation ACN International, following the tragic murder of Father [...]
