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 […]
Nigeria $101,500 in emergency aid for Nigeria ACN will send emergency aid to help widows and orphans affected by Boko Haram violence in the Nigerian Catholic diocese of Maiduguri During a the recent ACN visit in March 2017 to the diocese of Maiduguri, Bishop Oliver Doeme highlighted the main challenges for his diocese, which include […]
The Pray, Give, Speak-Out Campaign Archbishop Lépine calls for solidarity “It is now that millions of people suffer from hunger… let us stand in solidarity with them,” answers Msgr. Christian Lépine when asked why give for the famine in Nigeria and in South Sudan in a short video published yesterday on Aid to the […]
Aid to the Church in Need Another record year Königstein/Montreal 05.07.2017— In 2016, the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has once more generated a record sum in donations. The charity collected $189,550,370 in total, nearly 13.5 million more than in 2015, making possible the funding of 5,303 projects in 148 countries […]
Iraq Rebuilding begins on the Plains of Nineveh Konigstein/Montreal—Monday, May 8 2017— And we’re off! This Monday, May 8th in the villages of Bartella, Karamless and Qaraqosh an “Olive Tree Ceremony” will mark the beginning of rebuilding work on the first 100 homes of the Christian refugee families: A program sponsored by the international Catholic […]
Nineveh Plains Christian churches unite to rebuild In Iraqi Kurdistan, the Syriac Catholic Bishop, the Chaldean Catholic Bishop and two Syriac Orthodox bishops signed an agreement in Erbil to help Christians from the Nineveh Plains rebuild their homes, destroyed by ISIS in 2014. Hope has returned to the hearts of Christians who […]
A Drop of Milk program An urgent request to support the children of Aleppo Aid to the Church in Need continues the work done since the start of the war in Syria: to support the Christian families of Aleppo, along with local partners, such as Canadian-Syrian gastroenterologist Nabil Antaki. Our immediate concern is to […]
