For Immediate Release By Reinhard Backes, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Archbishops from Mosul, Iraq: “We call on all people of conscience in the world to put pressure on to the militants to stop the destruction” Montreal, Thursday July 24, 2014 – In a dramatic appeal to […]
Marta Petrosillo & Maria Lozano, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada During 2013, the benefactors of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) donated a total of $117, 408, 249 USD. It is the second largest amount ever raised in the charity’s history. “A veritable miracle, considering the difficult economic times,” commented the […]
By Marta Petrosillo, ACN Italy Adapted by, Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Montreal, Wednesday June 18, 2014 – “We fear a civil war. If the various different opposing internal parties do not succeed in finding an agreement, then we must expect the worst. Another war would mean the end, especially for us Christians.” This […]
John Newton, ACN United Kingdom Adapted by, Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Montreal, Thursday June 21, 2014 – Sudanese Christian woman Mariam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death for apostasy from Islam, still refuses to abandon her Christian Faith – despite ongoing calls for her to convert. Exactly a month after she was sentenced […]
New Archbishop of Lahore sets out his vision in a country wracked by violence John Pontifex, ACN United Kingdom Montreal, Wednesday February 12th, 2014 – The man appointed to be archbishop of Pakistan’s largest diocese has said he wishes to dedicate his ministry to the cause of justice and peace – which he says […]
By Maria Lozano, ACN International Adapted by AB Griffin, ACN Canada Montreal, Tuesday January 14 , 2014 — A violent and also fatal boycott took place in Bangladesh by opposition parties in the hope of preventing a vote in Bangladesh, following a general election last Sunday, 5 January 2014. The ruling Awami league had had […]
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release A record year for ACN – Over 117 million dollars raised for 5,600 projects in 140 countries Montreal, Thursday June 20, 2013 – For the first time since it was founded, the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has recorded donations in excess of $117 […]
