In Iraq, scholarships will allow the Catholic University in Erbil to enrol more than four times as many Christian students as it has already. Less than one year after the historic visit of Pope Francis in Iraq, and despite difficulties posed by the pandemic, the first cohort of students have started to benefit from […]
The first video of the Pope’s Global Prayer Network for the year 2022 calls to become brothers and sisters in humanity as well as to pray for those who experience religious discrimination and persecution. Watch, pray, and share: Spread the word in your networks and share the material available below: . A chart summarizing the […]
An ACN Initiative 50,000 Candles for Peace in Syria The international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is launching this Christmas a campaign of prayer, aid and solidarity for the people of Syria entitled Candles for Peace in Syria. The campaign formally begins on the first Sunday of […]
March Prayer Intentions Pope Francis prays for all persecuted Christians The March edition of The Pope Video*, produced by The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network and supported by ACN (Aid to the Church in Need), concerns the situation of Christians persecuted and discriminated because of their faith around the world without distinction of rites or confession. […]
Azerbaijan Pope Francis brings peace Fourteen years after the visit of John Paul II, Azerbaijan is once again preparing for a pontifical visit. The pope will not only travel to the tiny Catholic community, but will also work towards peace in this long suffering region. Situated on the shores of the Caspian Sea, […]
Pope Francis and Aid to the Church in Need Support of an “exceptional kind!” Montreal, Friday, June 17, 2016 During a press conference which took place in Rome, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis is supporting the charity organization’s work. “I trust Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a Pontifical Charity, to do […]
Egypt The ice has been broken The meeting between Pope and Grand Imam received very positively in Egypt Following the meeting between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of the Sunni al-Azhar University, Ahmed al-Tayeb, on May 23 at the Vatican, hope soared in Egypt that the meeting would bring Christians and Muslims closer together. […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our Friday 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 been brought into being together with ACN benefactors. This week : The Pope’s Visit to the Holy Land “Aid to the Church […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our Friday 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 been brought into being together with ACN benefactors. This week : The Holy Land – “Pope Francis is a real model of […]
Papal visit to the Holy Land: “Not a traditional pilgrimage” Montreal, Friday March 28, 2014 – In view of the publication by the Vatican on Thursday of the program for the Papal visit to the Middle East, the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel and Delegate in the Palestinian territories, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, stressed in Jerusalem that […]
