Central America-A “gap” of inhumanity

Latin American bishop cries out over Darién crisis The archbishop of Panama spoke to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about his experience in the region of the Darién Gap, one of the most inhospitable migratory routes in Latin America. Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta highlighted the urgent need for attention and action in …

ACN Success Story – Peru

A chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima The parish of the Sacred Heart in Calzada includes 34 rural communities, scattered along the banks of the Rio Mayo. The distances are vast. The village of Los Angeles is one of the biggest in the parish, with around 700 inhabitants, of whom roughly 70% are Catholic. …

Mexico: Priest threatened with death

“I feel like a war chaplain” On June 2, Mexicans went to the polls and, for the first time in their history, elected a woman to the country’s presidency, Claudia Sheinbaum. She is considered by many observers to be the runner-up to her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Among the challenges that await her during …

Father’s Anton message for Benefactors’ Day 2024

Father Anton Lässer, International Ecclesiastical Assistant, addresses a message to the benefactors of ACN on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, a day dedicated to them. Dear ACN Family, Last week, the presidents from ACN’s 23 national offices met with our charity’s management in Königstein. There, the leaders of our project department gave an overview …

ACN Day of the Benefactors 2024

Celebrating the builders of God’s Kingdom Aid to the Church in Need Canada Press Release Montreal, June 6, 2024 – As it has since 2021, Aid to the Church in Need is marking the Feast of the Sacred Heart—which this year falls on June 7—by celebrating the generosity of its benefactors. For ACN Canada, their …

Child’s Bible: 45 years of teaching children about God’s love

The Vatican held the first World Childre’s Day on last May 25-26. Pope Francis, in his message for this occasion, emphasizes the preciousness of every child in God’s eyes.  In 1979, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) marked the International Year of the Child by producing the Child’s Bible to assist the Church’s pastoral …

Pakistan: Another victim of religious persecution

On June 3, Nazir Gill Masih, a 72-year-old Christian, succumbed to his injuries. A resident of Sargodha, a town in Punjab province, he had been beaten by a mob falsely accusing him of blasphemy 10 days earlier. (Cover photo : On May 25, Archbishop Joseph Arshad and Christian Senator Tahir Khalil Sindu visited the police …

Papua New Guinea – Aid to the Church in Need appeals for prayers following devastating landslide

The landslides are being blamed on particularly intense rainfall and the death toll is estimated to be in the thousands. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has received urgent and distressing reports from its local partners in the Diocese of Wabag, Papua New Guinea, concerning the landslide that occurred in Enga Province in the …

Gaza-Holy Land – Father Gabriel Romanelli returns to Gaza

Father Gabriel Romanelli returns to Gaza to provide spiritual and material support in the midst of war Despite the devastating humanitarian crisis, Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of the Holy Family parish in Gaza, has made the courageous decision to return to Gaza and stand by his community. Regardless of the dangers and challenges …

ACN Project of the Week – Mexico

Help for the training of 27 seminarians, Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal After Brazil, Mexico, with its close to 130 million inhabitants, ranks as the second most populous Catholic country in the world. However, the number of Catholics is dwindling. Although almost 96% of its population profess themselves Christians, only around 72% now describe themselves as Catholics. …