“Postponed, not cancelled. That’s the key word”, says Maxime François-Marsal, head of projects for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This massive country was counting on Pope Francis to help heal the wounds of an apparently never-ending war, and to challenge political leaders to stop endemic corruption that keeps the [...]
After the deadly attack on St Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, on Pentecost Sunday, ACN met survivors in Owo’s St. Louis hospital and in the Federal Medical Center. In other cases of terrorist attacks, media shared stories and information for several days. In the case of this [...]
Pope Francis on Monday (20th June) greeted participants in the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Greek Melkites, and especially thanked Patriarch Youssef Absi of Antioch. The Holy Father opened his discourse by noting the bishops asked to celebrate their annual convocation in Rome, at [...]
The Diocese of Kigoma is in the west of Tanzania, close to the border with Burundi. In 2020, the diocese established the new parish of Kumsenga. The parish is very large. The seven outstations are up to 35 km from the parish centre. And sometimes the parish priest, Father Michael [...]
During his Sunday Angelus of 12 June, Pope Francis paid tribute to 10 Polish nuns who were killed in hatred of the faith by Soviet soldiers in 1945. The 10 Elizabethan sisters took care of the elderly, the sick, and children, and remained faithful to their vow of chastity and [...]
ACN is helping 750 Christian women and girls escape the grinding poverty that puts them at direct risk of abduction, forced conversion and sexual slavery. For years, ACN has supported a faith and skills empowerment programme aimed at young women across five of the most deprived rural districts in Faisalabad [...]
Monsignor Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, 97-year-old Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangiu, believes the Catholic Church continues to grow in North Korea despite brutal persecution by the communist regime led with an iron fist by Kim Jong-un. The statement by the prelate, who was born in a village in the north of the peninsula, [...]
Lebanon, known for centuries as the "Switzerland of the Orient" is going through an economic collapse without parallel, with last year‘s record inflation almost rivalling that of countries like Venezuela and Zimbabwe. The currency has lost 90% of its value, vehicle fuel is unaffordable for most people and the state [...]
ACN is deeply shocked by the horrific attack which took place at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, in Owo, Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, during Pentecost Sunday celebrations, June 5th, and which caused the death of many people, including children. The thoughts and prayers of ACN are with the victims, [...]
As everywhere else in Bangladesh, the Catholics in the diocese of Mymensingh represent no more than a tiny minority of the population. In fact there are just 83,000 Catholics among the 19 million or so who live within the territory of the diocese. Most of these belong to the Garo [...]
