PAKISTAN Justice and freedom at last By John Pontifex, ACN International Adapted by ACN Canada Published on the web January 30, 2020 Christians across Pakistan are rejoicing after a court yesterday (Wednesday, 29th January) acquitted 40 men jailed for alleged involvement in the lynching of two people in a district outside Lahore. […]
Press Release – For Immediate Release #RedWednesday, November 20, 2019 Stones and Prayers A show of solidarity with persecuted Christians! The face of at least five monuments will be illuminated in red this year across Canada. Of them: Mary-Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal and Saint Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto. Montréal, […]
A Papal Blessing of an Icon for Syria Marie-Claude Lalonde among ACN delegates to Vatican By Mario Bard, ACN Canada Translated by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Monday, September 16, 2019 — The national director of Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN), Marie-Claude Lalonde, attended this past Sunday, September 15, the blessing of […]
Iraq ‘Constant discrimination, uncertainty’ are pushing Christians out of Iraq The leader of the Chaldean Church has called on the Iraqi government to put in place and enforce laws “that guarantee Christians and other religious minorities … full citizenship and freedom in practicing their faiths explicitly. Montreal, Friday – May 24, 2019: “The […]
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 […]
Press Release – Release of Asia Bibi Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is relieved by the definitive release of Asia Bibi. Montréal, Tuesday, January 30, 2019 – “This is a great day for the respect of human rights, for religious freedom and for justice. The Pakistani government didn’t allow the extremists who took […]
New edition of One Million Children A Powerful Prayer Again, this year, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) invites people in charge of doing pastoral work with children, whether in parishes or elsewhere, to contact the organization in order to participate in the great international prayer movement – One Million Children Pray the […]
World Aid to the Church in Need collects 181 million International Annual Report Over the past year, the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need was again able to maintain a high level of donations which has been documented in the organization’s 2017 Annual Report released following attestation by the auditing firm KPMG. […]
Archbishop Msgr Ignatius Kaigama, of Jos in Nigeria Visit to Canada Postponed Montreal, Friday, October 20, 2017—Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is announcing that the visit of Msgr Ignatius Kaigama, archbishop of Jos in Nigeria has been postponed due to delays in the visa acquisition process. The visit, initially scheduled for October […]
Iraq Iraqi Christians face new threat Church leaders in northern Iraq have issued a stark warning that the crisis triggered by last week’s Kurdistan independence referendum could endanger the region’s Christian presence. Following the referendum, which could see the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) area seceding from northern Iraq, five senior Catholic and Orthodox bishops […]
