The diocese of Tura, in the state of Meghalaya in northeast India, began very modestly when it was first founded in 1973, with just four parishes and around 40,000 Catholic faithful. Today it has 45 parishes, and the number of Catholics has likewise increased massively. The majority of the population [...]
A handwritten note sent by a kidnapped nun to her brother has come to light, in which she appeals for prayer for an end to her four-year ordeal at the hands of jihadists. Sister Gloria Narváez Argoti, 57, who was abducted in Mali, sent the letter to Edgar Narváez Argoti, [...]
The pontifical foundation ACN confirms the release of Father Leon Douyon, Catholic priest from Ségué in the Mopti region of Mali, yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 13 July. In a message received by the ACN foundation, Mgr Jean-Baptiste Tiama, Bishop of Mopti, expressed his joy at the news: “Our brother Léon Douyon [...]
Life as a refugee is not easy. Leaving everything behind and beginning a new life in a different country with different laws, education, languages and cultural expectations requires a period of adjustment. Racism and discrimination, ongoing mental health issues due to trauma, including survivor guilt, and lack of legal documents [...]
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has received reports of a jihadist attack on Fantio and Dolbel in the Tillabéri region of south-western Niger. Survivors of the attack – a group of women with small children and babies – fled to the Dori region of Burkina Faso, ACN was [...]
The Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament are overjoyed. For, thanks to the support of our generous benefactors, we have been able to provide the money to purchase a new minibus for their work. You have given almost 28,000 Euros for this purpose. Sister Maguy writes: „On behalf of all [...]
Father Stan Lourduswamy, the elderly Indian Jesuit priest imprisoned for several months by the Indian authorities, died on Monday 5 July 2021 in a Catholic hospital in Mumbai at the age of 84, according to international media reports. Widely known as Stan Swamy, the priest had been suffering for some [...]
Zimbabwe´s recent reimposition of a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has focused global attention once again on this distressed country. The need for help is huge and there is a surge in the number of infections, up to 596 new cases and 26 deaths in only one week, as [...]
The economic and political crisis in Lebanon, home to the Middle East’s largest Christian community, has deepened ahead of a historic July 1 meeting between Pope Francis and Christian leaders from the country. This week, the country’s currency plunged to a record low of 17,000 to the U.S. dollar, having [...]
“I am the catechist and animator of the parish of Saint Benedict in Palma” explains Paulo Agostinho Matica and with these words he hands over to Bishop Antonio Juliasse, the Apostolic Administrator of Pemba, the parish registers of his home parish in Palma. On March 24, when the town was [...]
