Central African Republic “It was almost like the visit from the Pope” Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, the Archbishop of Bangui, is currently travelling through in his country of the Central African Republic in the month of February. While there, from 22 to 24 of February, he visited the parish of Bozoum and the town of Bocaranga, […]
Photo: Displaced people in Riimenze, South Sudan, January 2017 South Sudan Daily conflict for ordinary citizens South Sudan, located in the heart of Africa, is the youngest nation in the world; it gained independence from Sudan in July 2011. Two years later, a civil war broke out, pitting the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) […]
India The Church shines a light for all to see India is a country of more than 1.2 billion people, with Christians accounting for only three percent of the population, including close to 19 million Catholics. Despite its relatively small size, the Indian Church has a disproportionate impact on Indian society through education, its social […]
Christmas Celebration in Erbil – Community of Father Luis Montes IVE Iraq After the liberation of villages in the Nineveh Plains Christmas celebrations filled with hope in Erbil “There is still a long way to go before the refugees can return to their homes. The region is riddled with bombs,” Father Luis Montes reports. In […]
Pakistan Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore calls Christians of Pakistan, “Champions of Mercy” “Happy Christmas to all the benefactors of ACN, and thank you for all your help, ”Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore, the largest diocese in the whole of Pakistan. A Franciscan and a member of the Order of Friars Minor, […]
Syria “We are never safe” Father Andrzej Halemba, Head of the Middle East Projects Department of the international Catholic Charity Aid to the Church in Need recently returned from a trip to war-torn Syria. In this interview with journalists from within the organization, he speaks about the current situation. What does the situation look […]
Nigeria Boko Haram contained, Islamic aggression takes different form Nigeria, located in the eastern part of the country’s so-called “Middle Belt.” The population of 2.3M is about equally divided between Muslims and Christians, 450,000 of whom are Catholic, with 10 percent of the people belonging to traditional religions. On a recent visit to New […]
ACN Interview Aleppo: the dark city Father Ziad Hilal, a Jesuit priest who has been helping the victims of the war in Syria for a very long time now, once in Homs and now in Aleppo, recently spoke with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. What was the situation like in Aleppo? […]
Egypt The ice has been broken The meeting between Pope and Grand Imam received very positively in Egypt Following the meeting between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of the Sunni al-Azhar University, Ahmed al-Tayeb, on May 23 at the Vatican, hope soared in Egypt that the meeting would bring Christians and Muslims closer together. […]
(Crédit: Marcin Mazur) The Holy Land “Where can we go? After all, this is our home” Israel’s wall in the Cremisan Valley: The hopes of Beit Jala Christians are again diminished The hopes of Beit Jala Christians , a town neighbouring Bethlehem, have again diminished. Israel’s supreme court has now dismissed their lawyers’ most recent petitions. […]
