Recently, the houses of 450 catholic families in Hyderabad and Karachi in Pakistan were destroyed as part of an anti-encroachment drive—targeting homes considered to be illegal settlements—by Sindh provincial government. The decision to clean up the sludge from three city water drains was taken last year after severe urban flooding. [...]
AL-TAHIRA CHURCH IN QARAQOSH (BAGHDEDA) was almost completely destroyed by ISIS, when it occupied part of northern Iraq (2014-2017). Thanks to the generous support of donors of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the church has been rebuilt over the course of the last few years and is now [...]
A 14-year-old Christian girl has escaped from the man a High Court in Pakistan ruled to be her husband and has gone to the police to say that she was filmed while being raped by him. Maira Shahbaz, her mother, Nighat, and three siblings are on the run from Mohamad [...]
Immediately after the terrible explosion of August 4 in Beirut, the ACN decided to mobilize emergency aid of € 250,000 for families brutally deprived of their homes and any means of subsistence. Our project partners highlight the extensive damage the explosion caused. Lebanon, which had long since plunged into a [...]
Before the civil war, Syria had a strong educational system with almost 100% enrollment in primary school and 70% of children also attended secondary school. In 2002, education became compulsory and free from first grade to the end of high school. According to the 2004 census, the literacy rate in Syria [...]
On Sunday the Orthodox-majority nation of Romania marked its first ever National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians, a move intended to honor Romanian martyrs and raise awareness about global anti-Christian persecution. In June, the Romanian government approved a law put forward by Daniel Gheorghe, a member of the [...]
With the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, the Iraqi prime minister has called on Christians to return home to Iraq. Mustafa Al-Kazemi said, in a statement issued by the government, that Iraq was “serious about providing assistance to our Christian families and solving their problems.” “We are glad that Christians will return [...]
Christians in Beirut are fighting back after landgrabbers are seeking opportunities to profit on the capital's explosion last week. Many victims are being persuaded to sell up their property and leave the area. 300,000 families were displaced by the blast on 4th August where 200 people died and over 6000 were [...]
The campaign to free a 14-year-old Christian girl from the clutches of a man who abducted her and held her hostage in his home in Pakistan lies in tatters after Lahore High Court unexpectedly decided in his favour. Judge Raja Muhammad Shahid Abbasi yesterday (Tuesday, 4th August) overturned last week’s [...]
Systematic violence against Nigerian Christians by Fulani herdsmen constitutes genocide, according to a leading Catholic bishop who stressed that Muslims are also falling foul of the violence. Following the execution of five aid workers by Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto told Aid to [...]
