In the wake of the murder of an Italian nun, the bishop of Pemba, where the Islamist insurgency began, says that poverty and corruption are at the root of the problem. (Cover photo: Internally Displaced People in the north of Mozambique). In an interview with Pontifical Charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which […]
The bishop of Mamfe asks for prayers for the release of nine kidnapped religious and laypeople. The whereabouts of the nine people who were kidnapped on the afternoon of Friday, September 16, in Nchang, in the Diocese of Mamfe, located in Southwestern Cameroon, remains unknown. Five priests, one nun and three lay people were taken […]
The congregation of the Brothers of St. Martin de Porres was originally established in 1953 in what is now South Sudan. Here in Uganda, the members of this male religious congregation work in the parishes, teach in the schools, and help the poor and needy through a variety of charitable activities. As a home-grown African […]
On Tuesday night, September 6, an Italian religious sister, aged 83, was brutally murdered in an armed attack on the Catholic Mission of Chipene in the Diocese of Nacala. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) deplores the fact that religion is playing a more prominent role in attacks by Islamist terrorists. Sister Maria de […]
During a visit to the international headquarters of ACN, in Germany, Father Honoré Quedraogo, a priest from the Diocese of Tenkodogo, in the Centre-East Region of Burkina Faso, spoke of the situation his country is currently facing. Officially, 40% of the country is uncontrolled by the State, but in the remaining 60% there are some […]
Königstein-Montréal, August 19, 2022 – Statements from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International Executive President, Thomas Heine-Geldern, and National Director of ACN Canada Marie-Claude Lalonde, on the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (August 22). “You don’t have to be murdered to be a victim; […]
A Marian shrine for the Diocese of Mbanza Congo Almost every diocese in Angola has its own Marian shrine. The country’s Catholic faithful show a deep love for and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, to the sadness of the faithful, the Diocese of Mbanza Congo, situated in a very impoverished region in the […]
“The situation is very serious.” Archbishop of Nigerian capital decries insecurity and inequality (Photo archives: many priests and members of the Church were killed these last years by Boko Haram or affiliated groups). With violence now taking place in and around Abuja, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama assesses the situation as very serious and accuses politicians being […]
Following the murder of over 20 people in an attack in Bourasso in the northwest of Burkina Faso, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is calling attention to a severe deterioration of the situation in the Diocese of Fada N’Gourma over the past six months. At present, only around 5% of the villages receive […]
Peace education for young people in the Diocese of Mamfe For many years, the country of Cameroon in Central West Africa, with its population of almost 26 million, has been regarded as relatively stable in comparison with its crisis-ridden neighbours. However, in 2016 there were protest marches because many people in the English-speaking part of […]
