ACN News – Coronavirus in DRC ACN grants aid also to religious Sisters by Christophe Lafontaine, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Published on the web, June 23, 2020 A loss of wages that were meagre to begin with. No further material or financial support from parishioners. Abject poverty. The Coronavirus […]
CRISIS IN NICARAGUA “Masaya is under a hail of bullets” – A Cardinal asks for “pressure on the government” urging it to show respect for the Church and the people of Nicaragua. “Please put pressure on the government, urging it to show respect for the bishops, the priests and the population.” This was the appeal […]
Uruguay Special Mass Offerings for 18 elderly priests in need Few people have summarized the importance of the priesthood more trenchantly than Saint Jean Marie Vianney, the famous Curé of Ars: “Without the sacrament of ordination, we would not have the Lord. Who placed him in the Tabernacle? The priest! Who welcomed your soul at […]
A love that doesn’t take retirement They have dedicated their lives to God and to their fellow men, following a path of great renunciation. They are seven priests who, many decades ago, left behind their own home territory in the South of India to work as missionaries in the North of the country. A thousand […]
Papua New Guinea Success Story – Thank you for your Mass intentions! The 26 priests of the diocese of Wabag, in central Papua New Guinea, are very grateful to you for the 2,025 Mass Intentions that you have provided. Bishop Arnold Orowae appealed to us for help last year, since his diocese is very poor […]
Madagascar Mass Offerings for the 70 priests in the diocese of Morondava Having a Holy Mass celebrated for a particular intention is a long and venerable tradition. The offering, or “stipend”, given to the priest by the person concerned is in no sense a payment, but rather a gesture of love and gratitude as […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our website and designed to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world and introducing you to various projects we have helped to bring into being together with our partners and ACN benefactors. This week: Uganda Success Story: Mass Offerings for the priests teaching at the seminary […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our blog and designed to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world – and various projects we have helped to bring into being together with ACN benefactors. This week: Peru Mass Offerings for 23 priests working in the Amazon region The apostolic […]
Nigeria Bishops attack government corruption John Newton, ACN United Kingdom Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Attacking “the ugly tide of corruption” in Nigeria’s government, a Catholic bishop has highlighted the tough challenges the country’s new administration will face after the election. Montreal, Friday February 13 – In a message sent to international Catholic […]
The economy is in bad shape by Reinhard Backes, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Felix Tachiona Mukaro is disappointed in his country’s politicians, as many Zimbabweans are. “All they care about is influence and power, not the country itself. And that although the economy is in bad shape and the people […]
