Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has assured Syria’s Christian community of its continued support after insurgent groups toppled the country’s government on Sunday, 8th December. Regina Lynch, executive president at ACN International said that the organisation has remained in close contact with its project partners in Syria and [...]
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says that even though he does not believe there is a short-term solution to the crisis in the Holy Land, he does have hope for the future of Christians in the region. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem believes that the end of the war in Gaza is [...]
Kinga Schierstaedt, Project Co-ordinator for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Africa, travelled to the landlocked African nation of South Sudan. Bordering the Republic of Sudan, its larger neighbour to the north, South Sudan has suffered terribly from conflict and civil war in recent years. After returning from [...]
Despite the danger, a Brazilian missionary priest has stayed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Fr Lucas Perozzi thanks ACN for the help it keeps providing, and remains committed to spreading the Gospel. Fr Lucas Perozzi found himself in Ukraine when Russia began its full-scale assault on the [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is making an urgent appeal for prayer and support for the Christian community and all residents of Aleppo, Syria, who are facing a worsening humanitarian crisis following the recent occupation of the city by anti-government rebel groups, some of whom have clear jihadist [...]
Catholics in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau held a day of prayer and fasting for peace and unity in the troubled country. Guinea-Bissau never quite achieved stability following its independence from Portugal in 1975, and division and conflict continue to affect the nation today, fuelled largely by rampant corruption [...]
In the face of rampant violence which is paralysing Port-au-Prince and isolating Haiti from the rest of the world, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Haiti, in a message received by ACN, calls on the government to act and appeals to every Haitian to work for peace and overcome hatred. In [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced plans to increase vital basic help for people in Burkina Faso desperate to escape Islamist extremists who have seized control of more than half of the country. ACN will provide more emergency help, trauma counselling programmes and other help in response to [...]
Two Albanian martyrs, Fr Luigi Paliq and Fr Gjon Gazulli, have been declared blessed by the Catholic Church, during a ceremony held on Saturday 16 November, in the city of Shkodër. “These two men were libelled and unjustly harassed, but their witness of forgiveness and love in the face of [...]
One in four people in Lebanon have been displaced as a result of the ongoing war as the Church struggles to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for help. Although Israeli airstrikes are focussed on Hezbollah targets, there is a constant risk of civilians becoming collateral damage, according to Marielle [...]
