At a time in world history of unprecedented attacks on the family, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is aware that if it wants to live up to its name it has to support families. Over the past year ACN has approved over 100 projects specifically aimed at supporting [...]
With the newly installed bishop of Pemba asking the world not to forget about the situation which has left over four thousand dead and 800 thousand people displaced, ACN has committed to a new emergency support package for IDPs. Terrorists have struck again in the region of Cabo Delgado, northern [...]
On this day of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Aid to the Church in Need celebrates and appreciates its Benefactors for the generous support and solidarity which has made it possible to bring hope and solace to millions of persecuted Christians around the world. Some of our [...]
“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, [...]
