As the number of people infected with coronavirus in Brazil is increasing fast, and it affects not only the healthcare system but the whole society, a Seminary in Brazil is at the verge of closing down for lack of resources. The minor seminary of San Jose in Juina - Brazil besides being [...]
NGOs and Muslim leaders in Pakistan stand accused of refusing to give COVID-19 emergency aid to Christians and other religious minorities – even though they are among those worst affected by the pandemic. Cecil Shane Chaudhry, Executive Director of the National Commission for Justice and Peace, a Catholic-run human rights [...]
On 27 May 1940, the village of Vinkt, located near the Belgian city of Ghent, was the scene of one of the great crimes committed on the Western front during World War II. Eighty-six civilians were executed during a massacre carried out by German troops. Dutch Premonstratensian Father Werenfried van [...]
On the 13th of May 2014, with an International Conference tagged “Can Christianity Survive Persecution?” and an inaugural Mass the day before, officiated by the President of Aid to the Church in Need International, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta was born. The events were [...]
The Catholic diocese of Port Blair in India has approximately 34,000 Catholics, almost all of whom are Nicobarese. The 16 parishes of the diocese are scattered across several islands, and there are over 500 small Christian communities. To travel between islands the priests need boats, and on the islands themselves, [...]
In the first two months of 2020, Fulani herdsmen killed 350 Christians in Nigeria, according to research by the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law. The US-based human-rights advocacy group International Committee on Nigeria has reported that extremist Fulani herdsmen (traditionally Muslims) are responsible for 17,000 [...]
The “best preparation for a better future,” wrote Fr Werenfried van Straaten, “is to rise again with Christ to a life of goodness, mercy, pity, helpfulness and true love; and this, together with all men of good will.” Fr Werenfried van Straaten (1913-2003) was a Dutch priest who became known [...]
Sitting in the east of the continent, on the so-called Horn of Africa is Ethiopia, a country filled with contradictions. On the one hand showing strong economic growth, yet on the other there is widespread deep poverty. Catholics make up barely 2% of the population, although the Catholic Church maintains [...]
Three districts in the north of Mozambique– Mocímboa da Praia, Quissanga and Muidumbe have suffered heavy attacks by jihadists – including the recent targeting of churches during Holy Week – which have been attributed to extremist group Islamic State (ISIS). Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Luiz [...]
“A very small group.” These are the words used by Italian missionary Father Luca to describe the Catholic Church in Cambodia. He has been working in the country for many years and was given the opportunity to speak in one of the reports that were filmed for the pontifical foundation [...]
