The people will find it very difficult to survive during the winter with no energy to heat themselves in -20º temperatures. ACN has approved aid packages to counter the energy crisis. “We are afraid that the wave of Russian missile strikes and the coming of winter to regions which have [...]
Tyre is mentioned in the gospels as one of the places where Jesus went after having clashed with the pharisees in Galilee. Once a majority Maronite city, Christians are less than 30% of the population, and many are desperately poor, surviving only due to Church help, including food packages funded [...]
“Accusing priests of sabotage and espionage brings back memories of the worst times of totalitarian regimes”, says ACN executive president Heine-Geldern The Greek Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, in Ukraine, has issued a new statement, dated 30 November, on the situation of two Redemptorist priests who were illegally taken into custody [...]
With deep dismay, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has learned of the detention of two priests who were carrying out their ministry in the since February 2022 Russian-occupied port city of Berdiansk, in south-eastern Ukraine. The Redemptorist priests arrested by the Russian militia have been [...]
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, ACN calls attention to the suffering of Christian women in countries where sexual violence is used as a weapon against religious minorities, and urges national governments and international organisations to do more to combat the increasing number of these [...]
At the end of a two-month trial Cardinal Joseph Zen was found guilty along with five other human-rights activists. A $512 fine was imposed on Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, for his role in the now-dissolved fund established to aid participants of the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations [...]
Jihadists and political extremists are driving increased persecution of Christians around the world – according to a report unveiled by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2020-22” has just been launched by the charity, Aid to the Church [...]
The announcement that the Holy Father is considering a visit to South Sudan, to take place in February next year, was received “with much joy” by the local Catholic community, says sister Beta Almendra, a missionary in Wau, the second most populous city in this African country. This joy is [...]
Before the civil war, Syria had a vibrant and stable Christian community, but 12 years of conflict and economic crisis forced many to flee. Those who remained have faced hardship and rising levels of poverty. In the first initiative of its kind, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has [...]
Janada Marcus (22) and her family had already escaped two attacks by Boko Haram unscathed, once abandoning their home in Baga Local Government Area in Nigeria’s Lake Chad region and a second time fleeing their new home in Askira Uba, in southern Borno State, where their house was burned down, [...]
