Christians in Pakistan have demanded Punjab officials bring to justice the perpetrators of the brutal attack on Nazir Gill Masih in Sargodha, which resulted in his death. (Photo : Church authorities meet police chief after attack, May 25). In a recent report sent to the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), …
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Red Wednesday, November 20
Save the Date! Press Release – For Immediate Release Montreal, June 17, 2024 – The international Red Wednesday event will be observed in Canada on Wednesday, November 20. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Canada is already inviting parishes, dioceses, religious communities, and all other ecclesial institutions as well as civil society organizations to …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …