Papal envoy visited refugees on the premises of the seminary “There is a lot of coming and going here. Thousands of refugees arrive every day,” reports Father Wladyslaw Biszko, in conversation with the international charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The priest leads a pilgrim and retreat house in Lviv, on the same […]
The persecution of Christians by Muslim extremists in West Africa was discussed at a two-day conference in Burkina Faso recently. Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the diocese of Makurdi, called for dialogue with Muslims and the establishment of a Justice and Reconciliation Program to promote peace and forgiveness. “Furious, hot anger” is what the […]
A Catholic missionary sends out a plea for peace from war-torn Ethiopia The missionary, who cannot be named for security reasons, spoke to pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need – International (ACN), about the situation in northern Ethiopia, where the conflict between government forces and those loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front […]
Nigeria “The government must act now, before it is too late” by Maria Lozano, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Posted to the web – Monday January 13, 2020 Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation ACN International, has learned with dismay of the abduction of four young seminarians in Kaduna, Nigeria. Königstein/Montreal, […]
Syria Celebrating the inauguration of the newly restored church of Haret Saraya, destroyed by jihadists in 2012 by Marta Garcia, for ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Marmarita/Königstein. —Evening is falling in the Valley of the Christians. From its high vantage point the Crusader fortress, the Crac des Chevaliers, built in […]
The final struggle: What remains of Christianity in Iraq five years after the ISIS invasion? On August 6, 2014, IS (Islamic State) units razed and conquered the Christian settlements of the Nineveh Plain, north of Mosul. Some 120,000 Christians had to flee overnight. Many of them found refuge around the Kurdish city of Erbil. For […]
United Nations-New York Aid to the Church in Need, ‘leading organization’ in the world and ‘voice’ for persecuted Christians Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, has praised Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)—the recipient of the […]
INDIA Rise in violent attacks against Christian minorities India has just begun its electoral process, which will take place in seven separate stages between April 11 and 19 May this year. Fears that this, the most populous democracy in the world, might end up becoming a theocratic Hindu nation have strengthened recently, in light […]
An In-depth Story from Columbia A story of forgiveness without limits PASTORA MIRA GARCÍA, through acts of Christian love and forgiveness in the face of hatred and violence, has become one of Colombia’s best-known women of faith as her nation is still grappling with the aftermath of decades of unrelenting violence. The past 60 […]
Aid to the Church in Need Canada 3rd Mass for Persecuted Christians On November 4th of this year, the Archbishop of Montreal, Msgr. Christian Lépine, will preside over a Mass dedicated to persecuted Christians for the 3rd consecutive year, which will be celebrated at 7:30 pm at Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in […]
