The attack on the Church occurred during the celebration of many baptisms. Days after a terrorist attack on a Protestant church in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Marcelo Oliveira, a Comboni missionary in the African country, denounces the silence of the international community before these terrible acts of violence and highlights […]
Fr. Isaac Achi was reportedly burned by unknown gunmen, and his assistant, Fr. Colins Omeh,sustained gunshot wounds. Reports also emerged of the kidnapping of another priest in Southern Nigeria this Sunday*. A parish residence was attacked this Sunday, January 15, in Niger, Nigeria, resulting in the death of one priest and the injury of a […]
Burkina Faso has seen an unprecedented increase in terrorism since 2015 and on the 2nd of January a priest was murdered in the northwest of the country. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) spoke to Bishop Laurent Dabiré of Dori, President of the Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger, on the situation in […]
It was with “very deep sorrow” that Bishop Prosper Bonaventure Ky, of Dédougou, in Burkina Faso, announced the death of Father Jacques Yaro Zerbo, murdered on Monday, January 2, 2023 by “unidentified armed men,” according to a statement sent to international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). According to the bishop, the attack […]
Construction support for a new convent and formation centre The Archdiocese of Kisumu serves some exceptionally poor areas of Kenya. Hunger, illiteracy, and lack of medical provisions, combined with terrible road conditions and a lack of clean drinking water, make life difficult for many people in these areas. Electricity is no more than a dream […]
At least 12 priests and five religious sisters were murdered in 2022 while fulfilling their mission. Nigeria was one of the most dangerous countries in which to serve the Church, but China, and Nicaragua also had many cases of harassment. According to information collected by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Nigeria was the […]
Subsistence aid for five Poor Clares Ever since the 11th century, there has been a strong Muslim influence in Senegal. Today, this West African nation counts 17.2 million people, 90% of which are Muslim. Sufism—a form of Islamic mysticism—is widespread throughout the country. Traditionally, relations between Muslims and Christians in the country have been tolerant […]
On January 1, World Day of Peace, the bishop unites leaders to call for an end to the conflict. Father Fulgence Coly, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Ziguinchor, in southern Senegal, visited the head office of Aid to the Church in Need International (ACN), in Germany, and spoke with the charity about the […]
A new roof for a minor seminary The minor seminary of Saint Pius X in Makoua will be celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2023. It was founded in 1953 by French missionaries and today is home to 69 young seminarians who are hoping to move on to the major seminary after completing their basic schooling […]
The priest kidnapped in Mali was aware of the risks The German-born missionary is an ACN partner and is heavily committed to inter-religious dialogue The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its pain and concern over the disappearance and likely kidnapping of missionary Hans-Joachim Lohre – or Ha-Jo, as he is […]
