A bishop from western Ukraine has told ACN about his struggle to help the 400,000 war-scarred people who have flooded into his region since Russia's full-scale invasion began, in February 2022 Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, which has a population of one million, has taken in a total of 400,000 internally displaced [...]
During the six days of World Youth Day (WYD), in Lisbon, which begins next week, international foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be carrying out a number of initiatives aimed at raising awareness of Christian persecution around the world and mobilising people to be active in defence [...]
In view of the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis decides to create a working group at the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to draw up a catalogue of all Christians - not only Catholics - who have shed their blood to confess Christ in the last quarter of a [...]
A Ukrainian bishop has travelled more than 30,000 miles (50,000 km) in seven months to offer pastoral care and other help to Christians on the frontline. Bishop Maksym Ryabukha, Auxiliary Bishop of Donetsk, told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the extreme challenges of ministering in a war [...]
Young Christians afflicted by war and poverty in Syria and Lebanon will be able to participate in this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) at local events in parallel with the main gathering in Lisbon, Portugal. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be helping to create a WYD experience [...]
A Pakistani Christian nurse, who narrowly escaped being lynched by a mob of hundreds after being accused of blasphemy, has spoken of her joy after arriving in North America to start a new life with her family. Video footage of Tabitha Nazir Gill, now 32, being beaten up by colleagues [...]
Nine years of hard work and struggle against a backdrop of terrorism and extremism will climax on Saturday (8th July) when people of faith in Cameroon celebrate the consecration of their new cathedral built by Muslims as well as Christians. Bishop Bruno Ateba Edo of Maroua-Mokolo said the Cathedral of [...]
Two monks in war-torn Kherson, southern Ukraine, have spoken about their decision to remain and minister to the sick and elderly – despite knowing each day could be their last. Father Ignatius Moskalyuk, rector of the Basilian Monastery of St Volodymyr the Great, told Aid to the Church in Need [...]
Almost everywhere in Africa catechists are important helpers for the priests. Indeed, in many geographically very large parishes they are the ones who in the numerous and often far-flung villages actually instruct the Catholics in the faith, prepare them for reception of the sacraments and gather and lead them in [...]
A gathering of almost two thousand young Christians in Iraq provides hope for the future and encourages the new generations to stay and invest in their country and in their community. ACN helped make this project a reality. Over 1800 young Christians from seven archdioceses and over 60 parishes gathered [...]
