On December 20, 2020, the Carmelites in the Central African Republic were planning to initiate a jubilee year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of their missions in the Central African Republic. However, the celebrations could not be held because of unrest arising from the elections. In spite of all the difficulties, these fathers—serving […]
Nearly three decades of service for the Church in Africa For 28 years, Christine du Coudray has worked at the head office of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) as head of projects for Africa. In this interview with Volker Niggewöhner, she takes a look back at her time with […]
Father Léandre Mbaydeyo, a priest from the diocese of N’Djaména in Chad, is currently studying in the parish of Saint Ambrose in Paris, with the help of a scholarship from the international Catholic pastoral and pontifical charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). In the interview below he addresses the situation in his home […]
Communicants talk to ACN about their faith in Jesus Their faces radiant with joy, children dressed in their white robes dance and sing, clap their hands and pray to God. In Kaya, a provincial capital in Burkina Faso, nothing can overshadow the joy of celebrating the First Holy Communion. For a brief moment, the children […]
The diocese of Tunduru-Masasi lies in the far south of Tanzania on the border with Mozambique. In this area, 85% of the population identify as Muslim, while only 11% – a little over 100,000 people – are Catholic Christians. The faithful live widely scattered across numerous different villages throughout the 19 parishes covering a vast […]
ACN Feature Story—Algeria In the footsteps of Charles de Foucauld The difficult challenge of maintaining a female Christian presence in Tamanrasset By Christophe Fontaine, ACN International Adapted by: Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada On May 27 of this year, Pope Francis recognized the attribution of a second miracle to Blessed Charles de Foucauld […]
Unfolding Violence Goes Unseen by the World “The international community is nowhere to be seen in regard to the problem” in Cabo Delgado, says European deputy Paulo Rangel ACN News, 23.07.2020 by Paulo Aido for ACN International Adapted by Amanda Briget Griffin, ACN Canada “The world does not see, or does not wish to see, […]
ACN PROJECT OF THE WEEK: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Success Story: Mass Books in the Chiluba language The Chiluba (Ciluba) language is spoken by close to 6 million people in the Kasai Region in the southeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a large country right at the heart of Africaand it […]
Burkina Faso Support for Catholic Radio Support for a Catholic Radio Station By ACN International Projects Department Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin Published online July 2, 2020 For over 50 years now ACN has been supporting media-based evangelization, mainly via the radio waves. ACN founder, Father Werenfried van Straaten, understood very early on how […]
Burkina Faso No stop to terrorism during this pandemic by Maria Lozano, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin Published to the web May 19, 2020 The terrorist threat, which has affected five regions of northern and eastern Burkina Faso in particular, has been “eclipsed by the Covid-19 pandemic,” according to a number of different […]
