About a month after a gigantic explosion devastated the port region of the Lebanese capital city, Sister Maria Lúcia Ferreira describes an environment of desolation, despair and fear among the Christian community. The Portuguese nun, better known as Sister Myri, and who belongs to the Congregation of the Nuns of [...]
The whereabouts of two religious sisters of the congregation of Saint Joseph of Chambéry is still unknown and nothing has been heard of them since the violent attack by rebel jihadist groups on the port of Mocímboa da Praia in early August this year. Father Kwiriwi Fonseca, of the diocese [...]
As reported by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) a few months ago, 40 Christian men were released in late January 2020 after spending nearly five years in prison, randomly accused of participating in the lynching of two Muslim men. The lynching happened amid riots sparked by twin suicide [...]
The Brothers of Saint Albert in East Ukraine are on the frontline in a twofold sense: the frontline in the war and the frontline in their work of mercy, caring for the homeless, the handicapped and alcoholics. Yurij is 69. His story is a story of mercy received. He suffered [...]
Sister Shobka Rani Talari smiles when she gets on her new moped. She is not daunted by the poor roads that she often has to take into the jungle as she carries out her work for the mission in Chhaygaon, which is located in the Archdiocese of Guwahati in the [...]
Living trapped in addiction is a hell, not only for the addict but also for his family and all those around him. The Fazendas – the “Farms of Hope” - seek to give an answer to this suffering. Originating in Brazil, today there are 139 Fazendas in 22 countries around [...]
Six years after IS-invasion a Church´s reconstruction fuels Christian´s hope On August 6, 2014, IS units conquered and razed to the ground the Christian settlements of the Nineveh Plain, north and east of Mosul. Some 120,000 Christians had to flee overnight. Qaraqosh-Baghdeda, 20 miles east of Mosul, was the largest [...]
A high-profile minority groups’ politician championing human rights in Pakistan, Joel Amir Sahotra has told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings. Speaking on the recent events in Pakistan, specifically on the death [...]
A 400-year-old crucifix was set ablaze when Managua Cathedral suffered the latest in a series of anti-Christian incidents in Nicaragua. According to a statement by the archdiocese of Managua, on Friday 31 July a man entered the Chapel of the Precious Blood, in the Managua cathedral, and threw a firebomb, [...]
ACN (Malta) congratulates Rev Prof Hector Scerri, Ecclesiastical Assistant of ACN (Malta) on his appointment by Pope Francis as Consultant for another 5 years for the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. He will be in charge of matters related to the Ecumenical Dialogue between various Churches and [...]
