“We thought that Sri Lanka was becoming a peaceful environment. But with these blasts, all our hope has gone. We are far away from peace.” These are the heart-breaking words of Fr Malaka Leonard, a Franciscan Sri Lankan priest who lost close friends during the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. Speaking [...]
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has announced that Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be the 2019 recipient of the Path to Peace Award. The Holy See Mission said it has chosen [...]
Last weekend, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta played host to guests from Nigeria who were in Malta as witnesses for the ACN Night of Witness event. Each had a story to tell. A story not just of woes but of dogged faith in the midst of the [...]
After their hasty departure from Kompienbiga, in the south-east of Burkina Faso, the sisters of the congregation, Sœurs des Campagnes took refuge with the brothers in the male branch of their same congregation, in Pama, back in January 2019 and just before the assassination of Father César Fernandez. Sister Thérèse, [...]
On April 11, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta will be organizing a prayer vigil in memory of the modern Christian martyrs. This Night of Witness will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Balzan by 5:30pm. Two witnesses from Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lamma and [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) congratulates Maltese Priest of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSSP), Rev. Fr. Giovanni Cefai who has been appointed by Pope Francis as the first Bishop Prelate of the Territorial Prelatures of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (Peru) comprising 22 districts and 170,000 Catholics. [...]
Your foundation has given us legs, it has given us arms, it has given us eyes and it has given us a mouth to proclaim the Gospel. For all of this, our heartfelt thanks!” – Bishop Adriano Langa, Mozambique. After the devastation of the Cyclone Idai, ACN sent an [...]
Ever since 1993 ACN has been supporting the Catholic radio station “Mazoji Studija“ in Vilnius, Lithuania. The name means “Little Studio“. But although it is little, it is an important and precious instrument of evangelization in the country, and very dear to the Lithuanian Bishops‘ hearts. Its work is of [...]
Killings and kidnapping of priests, the religious and other pastoral workers especially in West Africa, seem to be on the increase. Although it is worth bearing in mind that by far the majority of victims in killings and kidnappings are ordinary innocent persons, crimes targeting religious pastoral workers seem to [...]
Seventy years ago, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) initiated the campaign “A vehicle for God”. So-called “rucksack priests” were given vehicles so that they could dispense pastoral care to the displaced Catholics of the German diaspora after World War II. INDIA / MYSORE 18/00240Vehicle (ambulance) for socio-pastoral [...]
