The monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the town of Hazmieh, in the suburbs of Beirut, is a popular destination for Christians of all denominations, and indeed for Muslims as well. Women and men of all ages come here, sometimes from some distance away, to visit the little [...]
Life in northern and eastern Burkina Faso has been virtually paralysed by terrorism and the resulting critical security situation. The threat of Islamist terrorism is on the increase, and the jihadists want to establish an Islamic caliphate in the region. Since 2019 almost a million people have been uprooted from [...]
Returning from a 10-day visit to Syria and neighbouring Lebanon, Regina Lynch, director of projects for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), has described dire poverty with people trying to survive on a dollar a day. She said: “An associate [in Syria] of one of our project partners showed [...]
In Sierra Leone, Doctors and Scientists who dealt with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic adapted some measures used during the Ebola epidemic to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed 3,590 people between 2014 and 2016 and traumatized the country. Father Peter Konteh, director of Caritas in Freetown, [...]
Advocates say action is needed to stop the hemorrhaging of Christians from their biblical homelands, particularly Lebanon and Iraq, as safety, poor governance and economic crises imperil their future. Maronite Catholic Bishop Gregory Mansour, who heads the Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, New York recounted Lebanon’s distinct history and [...]
Last week, before his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis received in the hall of the Paul VI Hall, three Afghan Christian families. Through tears, they recounted their story to the Holy Father about how they hid their faith for years. One teenager had sent the pontiff his shirt days before. [...]
Suspected jihadists carried out several attacks in northwestern Nigeria over the weekend, leaving over 40 people dead. Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the attacks at the Wednesday General Audience, and called for the safety of all Nigerians to be protected. “I pray for those who have died, for [...]
Christian IDP’s from northern Syria need our help to survive in a country still suffering from international sanctions and the destruction left by the civil war in the country. Trip of CRTN to Syria in August 2021Fr Hugo Alaniz (IVE - The Congregation of The Incarnate Word ) in [...]
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN), Bishop Antonio Juliasse, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Pemba, in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, a region that since 2017 has seen a rash of terrorist attacks. What is your assessment of your first [...]
The threat of ISIS and other extremists in Iraq has grown following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan – according to one of the Middle East’s most respected bishops. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil told leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the [...]
