An Indian archbishop has expressed delight that the Vatican has opened the cause of canonisation of martyrs killed during one of the most violent outbreaks of Christian persecution this century. The cause has been opened of Catholic catechist Kanteswar Digal and 34 others who died when Hindutva extremists attacked Christians [...]
People in Iraq are terrified that the war in the Holy Land will engulf the region, according to a leading archbishop, who is calling on governments around the world to work to bring peace. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda said he fears an escalation of the conflict could trigger another [...]
A bomb struck the house of a mission operated by Salesian religious sisters in Sudan, at 6h50 in the morning of Friday, 3 November, causing serious damage. According to those who were in the house at the time it is a miracle that nobody was killed by the double explosion [...]
Like many other Syrians, Mousa and Tamara lost their jobs and most prospects for a better future because of the civil war that tore their country apart. These two members of the Christian community never stopped dreaming that the future could be better, and now, because of a project supported [...]
Father Gabriel Romanelli is responsible for the Church of the Holy Family, the only Catholic parish in the entire Gaza Strip and which has also become a refuge for hundreds of people fleeing the bombings and the violence that is affecting this entire territory. In an interview with the ACN, [...]
A Christian living in Bethlehem has recounted how war, disease and economic crisis are hitting the faithful in the place where Christ was born. Speaking to ACN, Rony Tabash, a member of a Christian family that has lived in Bethlehem for generations, described how the current conflict is directly impacting [...]
Mexico is considered one of the most violent and dangerous countries in the world. According to a report on criminality in Mexico, by the country’s National Citizen’s Observatory, there were 15,560 victims of intentional homicide in the first half of 2023, 70.2% of whom were killed with firearms, a crime [...]
In a recent telephone conversation with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Sister Nabila expressed deep concern for around 100 traumatized children who are housed in the parish complex and who have known nothing but war throughout their lives. "We just want peace, peace. We have had six wars [...]
Ms Leah Sharibu was one of 110 schoolgirls seized by Boko Haram/ISWAP from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State on 19th February 2018 – but she was the only surviving pupil not to be returned after she refused to renounce her Christian Faith as the price [...]
Today is the day! There is still time to join one million children from all over the world including over 5000 from Malta and Gozo, to pray the rosary together for peace and unity. October is the month of the rosary and the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in [...]
