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 […]
ACN Pilgrimage to Fatima Praying together for peace in the world The risk of “new powers and devastating wars” was underlined yesterday afternoon, September 13, by Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the Major Penitentiary of the Holy See, during a press conference at the Cova da Iria, held to mark the beginning of the international pilgrimage […]
PHOTOS : CUBA – Archdiocese of Camagüey – 11.09.2017 After the Hurrican Irma sent by S.E.R. Mons. Wilfredo Pino Estevez The Church in Camagüey Cuba takes a direct hit from Irma Like the sound of an explosion In Cuba, Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Camagüey tells of his visit to the most badly damaged […]
