Hungary's State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Hungary Helps Program, Tristan Azbej, says Hungary has supported hundreds of thousands of persecuted Christians worldwide. He spoke after briefing representatives of the Visegrád Group: Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. The state secretary told the conference in [...]

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the Diocese of Makurdi, spoke at an event in the European Parliament saying that Christians in Nigeria need help, “before it becomes too late”. The bishop of Makurdi, in Nigeria, has denounced the lack of solidarity and practical aid for persecuted Christians in his country, [...]

In 2014, hundreds of Christian families had to flee Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. They had abandoned their homes and all their belongings in the face of the advance of the Islamic State (IS) militias, they finally found refuge in Baghdad in and around [...]

The government has progressively restricted the social and charitable activities of the Church  Mons. Fikremariam Hagos, Bishop of Segheneity , in southern Eritrea, has been detained by the police at the Asmara airport when he entered the country after a trip to Europe. The Eritrean government has not made official statements, but [...]

“The Church has become a victim of the violence”, says Sister Marcela Catozza, a missionary in Haiti. The Italian nun claims that the situation has taken a turn for the worse since June, with churches and institutions coming under attack. The small Caribbean state of Haiti is going through a [...]

With the war entering its eighth month, pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) spoke to Vasylij Tuchapets, Greek Catholic Bishop of Kharkiv, during a visit to the headquarters of the charity, about the importance of remaining with the people, how the war has affected pastoral work, and [...]

A leading bishop in Mozambique has revealed that extremists disguised in military uniform gathered a crowd of people together, before separating the Christians and slitting their throats one-by-one. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Alberto Vera Aréjula of Nacala revealed the details of the gruesome attack [...]

Pakistan, July 2019Bishop Samson Shukardin, OFM of the diocese Hydarabad Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad cannot shake the images from his visit to the flood-affected Catholic village of Mariamnagar, in southern Sindh province, earlier this month (beginning of September). “Instead of protecting themselves, the locals had placed mosquito [...]

For many Christians in Lebanon technical schools provide opportunities for future employment, and a stable environment for local families. Faced with one of the worst financial crises the world has ever seen, the Foyer de La Providence, in Sidon, has done everything it can to stay afloat and be true [...]

30th September is the feast of Saint Jerome, doctor of the Church and translator of the Bible into Latin. To mark the feast, ACN spoke to Father Emmanuel Asi, executive director of the Catholic Bible Commission of Pakistan, about the scriptures and the situation of Christians in the country. What [...]