The Church’s vast charitable work in India could be at risk if lawmakers tighten the already restrictive law on foreign funding of NGOs. Christians all over India are preparing for a day of prayer on Sunday, June 28 due to their concern over proposed legislation that could have a negative impact on the Church’s charitable …
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Support for Aid to the Church in Need continues unabated!
In 2024, $206.4 million was raised in donations to help Christians in need in 137 countries. In Canada, the generosity of benefactors was evident, with a record-breaking $4.1 million raised. Press Release – ACN Annual Report 2024 Königstein-Montreal, June 18, 2025 – International Pontifical Charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)’s annual report for …
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ACN Success Story – India
A new Marian shrine in Balasore In November 2023, the cathedral parish of Balasore in eastern India celebrated the Golden Jubilee of its founding. At that time, the desire was born within the community to establish a Marian shrine within the cathedral grounds. There was previously no place where the faithful could gather to express …
ACN Success Story – India
A newly constructed presbytery for a young parish The parish of Chondonpara in the Diocese of Tura in eastern India is still very new, having only been founded in October 2024. The new presbytery was inaugurated at the same time, thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, who donated $60,000 for this purpose. They celebrated …
ACN Project of the Week – India
Help for the training of 25 Norbertine novices The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré—also known as the Norbertines—was founded in France in the 12th century and has around 1,600 members on six continents today. In 1960, Dutch Norbertine Fathers founded what is now the Abbey of Jamtara in India and just two years later, …
Project of the week – Brazil
A pastoral centre for the parish of Boqueirão The parish of Boqueirão belongs to the Diocese of Campina Grande in the impoverished northeast part of Brazil. It is around 60 years old and is dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Desterro (Our Lady of the Flight)—a reference to the flight into Egypt by Our Lady and …
Project of the Week – India
Help for the training of 22 seminarians The Catholic Church in Northeast India is still relatively young and only began to take root around the end of the 19th century. In many parts of the region, the Catholic presence dates back no more than a few decades. One of the younger dioceses in this part …
India – ACN Success Story
A village chapel for a remote parish Last year, we presented you with a request from Father Arbok Lyngdoh of Moharpara in northeast India. He was asking for help on behalf of his faithful to build a new chapel in the village of Twichalong, just one of the 31 outlying communities belonging to his parish …
India: The elections and their consequences for Christians
On June 4, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the major political parties in India, won its third election, extending Narendra Damodardas Modi’s tenure as leader of the country. What are the consequences of these results for the Christian community? In this interview, Father Pradeep, a Jesuit from the state of Jharkhand, shares his …
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India – Seminarian ministering in dangerous jungle ordained priest
A brave Catholic seminarian who spent his pastoral placement ministering in India’s remote, cobra-infested jungle has been ordained last Sunday. Then Deacon Santosh Kumar has been ministering in the parish Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kalapahad, North Andaman, where parishioners regularly walk 6 km through dangerous forests to attend Sunday Mass. But Deacon Kumar and …
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