You can be like an angel this Christmas. Just as shepherds once proclaimed the birth of Christ, today’s catechists carry the Gospel into villages where Priests can rarely visit. They pray with families, prepare children for the Sacraments, and offer comfort in places marked by hardship and danger. Your gift [...]
You are part of a miracle of love. In Ukraine, amid the war, Religious Sisters are carrying Christ’s peace into places scarred by fear and trauma. They serve without reward, bringing comfort, food, and joy to the brokenhearted. Your support to ACN (Malta) ensures they can continue to be a [...]
Thanks to your help, many thousands of children in the crisis-torn region of Lebanon and Syria experience the joy of Christmas every year. From Lebanon, Sister Christina Salameh has written to ACN to thank you on behalf of all these families: Lebanese Children and family supported by ACN [...]
Even in devastation, hope is taking root in Gaza. The Catholic parish of the Holy Family is preparing for Christmas 2025 with choirs, gifts, and care for the sick. Your solidarity, through Aid to the Church in Need, nurtures resilience and reminds families that love endures. Our Christian brothers [...]
What began as a simple invitation to prayer has become a global movement of grace. In October 2025, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) organised the 20th edition of One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign with extraordinary impact. This campaign attracted children from every continent into a united [...]
With the sound of loud explosions and heavy weapons in the background, Fr Hugo Alaniz, who has been a missionary in Aleppo for over a decade, tells Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about one of the most difficult days that the city’s Christian community has experienced in recent [...]
As the first phase of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas begins, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has shared a heartfelt update on the situation of Christians in Gaza. A fragile peace, a deep relief “We are in daily contact with them,” the Cardinal said in an [...]
On 10 October 2025, Pope Leo XIV received a delegation of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in a private audience at the Vatican. This was held on the occasion marking 25 years of the foundation’s continued mission to defend the right to religious freedom and to give a [...]
For many students at the Catholic University in Erbil (CUE), childhood was marked by funerals, fleeing, and fear. But through the help of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), those heartbreaking stories are being rewritten. ACN scholarships have given students like Mr Yohanna Yaqub Alzebari not just a chance [...]
In Brazil, an 80-year-old widow named Aparecida demonstrates the power of charitable giving through her remarkable dedication to helping others despite her own limited resources. Like the widow in the Gospel story who gave her last two coins, Aparecida doesn’t donate what she has left over—she sacrifices what she needs, [...]
