Prayer, processions, adoration, catechism, but also plenty of fun was the order of the day as thousands of young Christians gathered in Syria and in Lebanon, physically distant, but emotionally united to the multitude who were in Lisbon with Pope Francis. Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics gathered in Lisbon [...]
Nearly 1,000 panic-stricken Christians in Pakistan spent last night in fields of sugar cane having narrowly escaped rampaging mobs who set about targeting their homes, destroying everything down to the last lightbulb. Reporting back from a visit to Jaranwala, near Faisalabad, where Islamists on Wednesday, 16th August carried out a [...]
Up to 15 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of Christian homes destroyed after extremists went on the rampage in Pakistan. Christians from the Punjab town of Jaranwala, near Faisalabad, fled en masse as fanatics began throwing rocks and stones and setting fire to buildings. The incident follows an [...]
A Catholic archbishop in north-east India, who has seen his diocese at the centre of a wave of deadly attacks, has issued an urgent appeal for prayers “to transform the minds of the people who are led by hatred and religious violence”. In a letter to Aid to the Church [...]
Religious intolerance in the Holy Land is on the rise and the desecration of churches is becoming more common – but Church leaders are determined to launch large-scale initiatives to help young people discover the riches of their faith. Youth formation in the Parish of St. Catherine in Bethlehem, [...]
A religious Sister in Ghana has recounted how she has rescued more than 130 children from being murdered by those who believe they are “evil”. Sister Stan Therese Mumuni of the Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love founded a home in Yendi Diocese, northern Ghana for children with mental and physical [...]
Almost nine years after hundreds of thousands of Christians were forced to flee from their homes due to the occupation of their lands by ISIS, efforts continue to rebuild lives and infrastructure. ACN has just helped complete one of these projects in the city of Dohuk. On 6 August 2014, [...]
Tens of thousands of young people took part in a variety of ACN initiatives during World Youth Day in Lisbon (WYD). The pontifical charity ensured that persecuted Christians from around the world were not forgotten, reminding those present of these brothers and sisters who are, so often, true Heroes of [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing more than 40,000 Bibles to help the faithful in Mozambique grow in their knowledge and love of God. The Charity is backing an initiative that will see 43,350 copies of the scripture distributed to ordinary Christians at peppercorn rates. Father Sebin Mathew [...]
Just over 60 young men are currently undergoing formation in the propaedeutic Abbot Kaumo seminary of Kasongo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They gather there to pray, attend classes, cook, work in the seminary’s vegetable garden and practice sports. The seminary has great economic needs, which affect the [...]
