Support the training of seminarians in the Diocese of Rio Branco The Diocese of Rio Branco lies in the west of Brazil. Large sections of this area of roughly 103,000 km² are covered in rainforest. A remote region with vast distances and many settlements only accessible via water, it has a population of around 700,000 …
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“I was sick and alone, but the sisters took me in”
A priest’s testimony of how religious sisters in Venezuela cared for him until the end Spanish priest Father Alfonso Delgado, who arrived in Venezuela in the seventies with a group of fellow missionaries, gradually found himself alone as the years passed and his companions passed away. However, he found a home among the Sisters of …
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ACN Project of the Week – Dominican Republic
Subsistence aid for three religious sisters in a poor parish Most people tend to think of the Dominican Republic as a holiday paradise, with idyllic sandy beaches. And many are astonished to discover that there is in fact great poverty there. The west of the country, bordering on its crisis-ridden neighbour Haiti, is an almost …
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ACN Success Story – Bolivia
A new chapel for a rural parish The parish of Saint Francis Xavier is in a very rural region of the Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco, in the tropical eastern part of Bolivia. The people here are very poor and live mainly off traditional subsistence farming, and the region is largely undeveloped. Juancito is …
Haiti: “The people are suffering; everyone is at risk”
Sister Helena Queijo spent nine years in one of the most dangerous countries in the world, where armed gangs run rampant and even clergy and religious are under constant threat. A religious sister who spent most of the past decade in Haiti has spoken to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the …
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Haiti’s Way of the Cross continues: Two religious sisters murdered
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) deeply regrets the tragic loss of two religious sisters from the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, who were brutally murdered on Monday, March 31, by armed gangs in Mirebalais, around 50 kilometres northeast of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Sisters Evanette …
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Beyond the Breathtaking Beaches: the Church on the Dominican Border
In December 2024, Verónica Katz, project director for Central America at international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), visited the dioceses on the Dominican side of the border with Haiti. In this interview, she shares her experience in the less visible areas of the Dominican Republic. When people think of the Dominican …
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ACN Project of the Week – Mexico
Help for the training of 13 seminarians There are over 120 Redemptoris Mater seminaries around the world. They were established by Pope Saint John Paul II to promote the new evangelization. Young men from many different countries and nationalities pursue their vocations to the priesthood in these seminaries today. The particular feature of the seminaries is …
Ecuador – The commitment of a priest changes the life of a community and parish!
With 54 years of service in a rural parish in the Diocese of Guaranda, Ecuador, Salesian priest, Father Antonio Polo, has changed the region through his pastoral and spiritual efforts, but also with the help of the local population, through business ventures such as the development of Salinerito (Salinerito, tienda en línea). When Fr. Antonio …
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Supporting Catholic radio stations in war zones
To commemorate World Radio Day on February 13, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is highlighting its ongoing support for Catholic radio, an essential tool for both spreading information and evangelizing throughout the world. In 2024, the charity committed over $770,000 to 22 radio projects in 19 countries. Hundreds of Catholic radio stations are …
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