Following a bomb attack by extremists at a gymnasium at the University of Mindanao in the Philippines which killed four worshippers and injured 50 others, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has released a statement, offering prayers and affirming their faith in the face of persecution; “We pray for [...]
The 66-year-old priest, who was captured on November 20, 2022, had been living in Mali for more than thirty years Fr. Hans Joachim Lohre, a German missionary belonging to the order of the White Fathers, missionaries to Africa, who was kidnapped in Mali on Sunday, November 20, 2022, has been [...]
Burmese rebels have launched a fresh offensive in the civil war that broke out almost three years ago, prompting displaced civilians to seek shelter in churches. Armed insurgent groups began new manoeuvres last week, attacking Burma (Myanmar)’s ruling military junta, according to local news reports. The latest offensive aims to [...]
To tackle an educational crisis in the Middle East, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing aid to help impoverished families educate their children and prevent the spread of extremism. ACN announced a support package for Catholic schools, pupils and teachers in Syria and Lebanon. As part of [...]
Murder of two scouts and expulsion of Christians in the North-West of the country Terrorists have forced the Christian population of Débé in Burkina Faso to leave their village. Earlier they shot dead two scouts in the village church who resisted their orders. This incident was reported by Bishop Prosper [...]
Ten years after its creation, a neighbourhood named after Hugo Chávez finally has a parish church Ciudad Chávez is a neighbourhood in the Venezuelan city of Vargas, in La Guaira Diocese, just a few kilometres away from Maiquetía International Airport. The neighbourhood was built in 2013, as part of the [...]
The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has committed an aid package to support the Christians of the Holy Land during the current crisis. This aid will support impoverished Christians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as Christian migrant workers and [...]
Thanks to the help of our Benefactors, the diocese of Jagdalpur in Inida has at last been able to establish a home for its sick and elderly priests. ACN contributed towards the cost. Back in the spring of 2022 we reported on the laying of the foundation stone and we [...]
Notwithstanding a recent bomb attack that damaged the house of Salesian religious sisters in Sudan's capital, local residents are asking the religious to continue to stay with them, to provide food, basic needs and hope. The local people who said they find solace in the presence of the sisters in [...]
More than 50 Christian family homes and a Christian school have been destroyed, and other Christian buildings have been badly damaged by airstrikes in Gaza, according to ACN's project partner. One of the buildings destroyed has been the Rosary Sisters School. The school had 1,250 students, both Christian and Muslim, [...]
