As part of its campaign to support priests and religious working with the weak and vulnerable in areas affected by COVID-19, Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced 11 new projects in Brazil which has the second highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world. [...]

Despite being surrounded by war, persecution and destruction, the archbishop of war-torn Aleppo in Syria says that he’s still able to find happiness. “Working for the Lord fills my life with meaning and gives me a solid reason for being,” wrote Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart in a Pentecost message. His reflection [...]

Project partners of Aid to the Church in Need from various countries have been asking for help from the pontifical foundation to support radio stations and improve their audiovisual equipment to transmit the Mass, offer spiritual and human formation Along with the support of priests, men and women religious to [...]

Aid to the Church in Need is providing emergency aid for struggling Christian families in Pakistan, facing hardship and hunger as a consequence of the COVID-19 lockdown in the country The measures taken by Pakistan to contain the coronavirus pandemic have further exacerbated the social hardship facing the Christian minority [...]

MSGR. NOËL CASTOMA is pastor of St. Joseph’s Syriac Catholic Church in Qaraqosh, on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. While several dozen people from outside the community have been quarantined with an eye on preventing COVID-19 infections, the town itself has seen no coronavirus cases as yet. Nonetheless, the [...]

Dear Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), We would like to share the joy of one event which took place in our church of Saint Anthony in Istanbul- that is assistance to the needy. In time of COVID-19 the community of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East [...]

The European Union Episcopal Conferences Commission launched a powerful warning last week about the situation of persecution of Christian communities in Nigeria. This entity, which brings together representatives of Catholic episcopal conferences from the 27 member states of the European Union, asks “the entire international community” to “prevent violence” in this [...]

Over half a million Euros is being allocated for the support of more than 20,000 families in Syria affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The continuing emergency facing Christians in Syria has been further exacerbated by the crisis, and in response Aid to the Church in Need has put into action [...]

Pope John Paul II made history during his lifetime and became one of the giants of the 20th century – both in the history of the Church and of the wider world. “Pope John Paul II is a friend of our charity”, wrote Father Werenfried van Straaten, the founder of ACN. [...]

Maira forced to wed kidnapper and renounce her faith A mother in Pakistan has spoken of her distress after a man struck while the country was in lockdown, abducting the woman’s 14-year-old daughter, forcing her to marry him and abandon her Christian faith. Faisalabad Magistrates Court ruled in favour of [...]