A new initiative by the government is meant to put a hold to the painful discrimination and persecution religious minorities in Pakistan- Christians and Hindus, face from the majority Muslim population. ACN asked Shahid Mobeen, Pakistani Professor of Philosophy in Rome, about his evaluation of the situation. Dear Prof. Mobeen: [...]
In his Lenten message, Pope Francis asked the faithful to share stories from persecuted Christians. Catholics can learn a lot from persecuted Christians in Africa, an advocate for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has told a Vatican program. Food, water, land scarcity, religion and extreme poverty are putting [...]
As a dramatic military coup plunges Burma (Myanmar) into chaos – with troops patrolling the streets and a night-time curfew – a Burmese cardinal has urged for peace and calm. In a statement sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon (Rangoon), [...]
The Bishops of Haiti have released a message deploring the catastrophic situation prevailing in the country and called for a national dialogue. “The country is on the brink of an explosion. The daily lives of the people revolve around death, murder, impunity and uncertainty,” the Haitian bishops’ conference wrote in [...]
Tabitha Nazir Gill, a 30-year-old Christian woman, known for singing gospel hymns in Urdu, Pakistan's national language, was charged with blasphemy on January 28, while working as a nurse at Sobhraj Hospital in Karachi, south of Pakistan. She was beaten, dragged on the ground, insulted and tortured for hours by various [...]
In the last few days of January Brazil reached the tragic total of 220,000 victims as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Brazil is the country with the second-highest number of deaths in the world due to the virus. In this context the Amazonas region, which is often described as [...]
Father Antonio Gutiérrez, a Salesian in Bo, Sierra Leone, needs 10,000 copies of the Children's Bible for his diocese. So that, with the Word of God, the parish of Santa Teresa develops and strengthens. In his diocese there are 150 Catholic schools and up to 1,000 students in each of them. The [...]
Hundreds of Cuban Catholics, priests and laity alike, pointing out their country’s state of profound crisis, are calling for a national dialogue that will lead to political changes. In a public appeal, issued Jan. 24, Cuban Catholics sharply criticized the communist political and social system in their country and called [...]
Communication is very precarious and for almost three weeks the Tigray region has been totally isolated from the rest of the world. No internet or telephone. But the news we get from those who have been able to visit the area is terrible.” This is the assessment by Regina Lynch, [...]
The warm reception of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to the Cathedral of Bamenda in Cameroon shows that faith is bigger than politics and intimidation, according to Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya. In welcoming the visit of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, “the first foreign authority to visit the [...]
