From the very beginning of the war, the Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, in West Ukraine, has been involved in welcoming fleeing women and children, most of whom are coming from major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Odesa. Sofia, just 14 years old, is one of these refugees. Together with her mother, she has […]
International charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced the launch of a large-scale campaign for Catholic schools in Lebanon t help offset the significant economic crisis that has been bleeding the country’s social institutions dry, especially those related to the Catholic Church. “Lebanon has suffered due to the most serious devaluation of […]
Catholic Bishop of Kharkiv to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Kharkiv is currently one of the Ukrainian cities most under fire. Many buildings and apartments have been damaged or even destroyed. In the first week of the war, a missile hit the bishop’s house in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia. In spite […]
An interview with Fr Antonio Vatseba, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Priest and, for the past three years, Provincial of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, a congregation that has six communities of nuns and priests working in Ukraine. By Maria Lozano, Aid to the Church in Need. We know that for security reasons you cannot tell […]
“The work has always been by our side, and we ask you to continue to help us, even if the worst should happen.” Bishop Jan Sobilo, Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporijjia (Königstein/Montreal, March 11, 2022)—Bishops, priests and members of religious orders working into the war-torn country have written to ACN to thank it and its benefactors […]
When making your donation for relief to be given to Haiti – please write ‘Haiti’ in the comment box. The international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International) has expressed its solidarity in prayer with Haiti and immediately approved an emergency aid package of $750,000 for the Haitian people, following the […]
Archbishop of Bhopal sees encouraging signs in spite of the crisis India is currently experiencing a devastating surge of COVID-19 cases. On June 10, the death toll of a 24-hour period rose to over 6,000. These numbers are based on figures added to the national death toll by the state of Bihar on the previous […]
Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) is launching an appeal for urgent support for its project partners in India. “In a plea for help sent out last week, Sister Christin, a religious Sister from the Holy Cross congregation I was fortunate enough to meet on a trip in 2016, implores us to help. In a video, she says the health system has flat out collapsed,” says Marie-Claude Lalonde, national director of ACN.
For over 30 years ACN has been supporting dozens of projects in this region, as Frei Paolo recalls. “You have already helped us for many projects, and both we and our people are infinitely grateful to you for this.” And he lists some of the specific ways in which we have helped: “You helped us to buy a boat, so we could minister to the riverside communities, and also a car, so we could tackle the highways to Roraima and Humaitá, and to this day we are still reaping the benefits of these gifts. Our presence here is bringing hope and the Word of Christ to the people.”
ACN supports the refugee work of the Church with $240,000 in emergency aid as Northern Mozambique is hit with one crisis after another: terror, COVID and cholera
