Around 160 Christians are thought to have been captured when Daesh (ISIS) took over the town of Al Qaryatayn near Homs, Syria on Thursday 6th August according to a priest working in the region. But speaking to ACN, Father Jihad Youssef he said that the exact number of hostages was [...]
Interview 10.09.2015An interview with Johannes Freiherr Heereman, president of the international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Mr von Heereman, for years now ACN has been helping Christian refugees from the Middle East to stay on in their own countries. Doesn’t the current flood of refugees into Europe [...]
The recent destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria confirms that Daesh (IS) is continuing its programme of systematic cultural vandalism. The Islamic extremist group has said it considers statues and shrines idolatrous – many churches, monasteries and precious artefacts have been damaged [...]
In an interview with Stephen Axisa, National Director of ACN Malta, Mgr Bonello the bishop of Juticalpa in Honduras spoke of the difficult times the country was going through. Honduras’ problems of violence, crime, unemployment and its consequences, especially poverty, were a legacy of the past. The solution does not [...]
After all the atrocities committed by Boko Haram in his country, Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Job in Nigeria, thinks “the world has to show more determination to halt the group's advance in Nigeria.” Other countries are slowly waking up to express shock at the increasing violence but there is [...]
Martyrdom was the subject of Mgr. George Frendo’s talk for the meeting organized by Comunita' Sant Egidio in Tirana 6 - 8 September.Starting with a definition of martyrdom according to Thomas Aquinas as “the shedding of one’s blood for Christ’s sake” and “the right endurance of sufferings unjustly inflicted” followed [...]
* Eyewitness account * Living under bombs *Local Projects ACN eye-witness account shows how crisis in Syria has deepened By Oliver Maksan and Clare CreeganA call to redouble efforts to help Syrian refugees ahead of the winter has been made by [...]
Kien ta’ pjaċir għalina li nhar is-Sibt, 5 ta’ Settembru 2015, f’laqgħa ta’ kortesija, li saret fil-Kunvent ta’ Sant’ Antnin, Għajnsielem, id-Direttur Nazzjonali tal-Aid to the Church in Need (Malta), Stephen Axisa, iltaqa’ flimkien mal-E.T. Mons. George Buġeja O.F.M., Isqof Koadjutur tal-Vigarjat Appostoliku ta’ Tripli, il-Libja, Isqof Titulari ta’ San [...]
Uganda Mass stipends for the priests teaching at the seminary in GgabaThe tradition of making a Mass offering, or stipend, for the celebration of Holy Mass by a priest for a particular intention – for the soul of a departed person, for example – is an ancient one in the Church. [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (UK) is providing £180,000 for a new convent for the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Erbil, the Kurdish capital. The Sisters distribute material help, provide counselling and give Christian education as part of their ministry to more than 100,000 faithful who [...]