Montréal, October 21, 2021 – Burkina Faso has been under attack since 2015 and is seeing its welcoming and tolerant way of life challenged by outside fundamentalist forces. In Nigeria, Catholic bishops are no longer reluctant to speak of a ‘slow genocide’ of Christians, massacred or driven off their land by Fulani herdsmen, who in […]
Press Release – For Immediate Release Aid to the Church in Need (ACN Canada) Mark your calendar! On Wednesday, November 17th, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN Canada) will hold its seventh consecutive Red Wednesday. This event will be bringing people together in solidarity and serve as a reminder that Christians continue to be […]
A survivor looks back ten years after the attack on Coptic Christians Ten years ago on New Year’s Eve, the life of Coptic Orthodox Christian Kiro Khalil, then 20 years old, was “turned upside down,” as he describes it himself. The expression does little to convey just how horrific the experience was that the young […]
“We are living here in a time of war that has already lasted three years. It began with an attack on the police station, then on the distant villages, passing through the larger villages until it reached the centre of the cities. Four cities have already been almost completely emptied. By now, this war has […]
A Video to Remember Montreal, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 – At the gates of Advent, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) now holds its annual Red Week, during which the international organization raises awareness of the phenomena of religious persecution against Christians and religious freedom around the world. On November 18th, the Canadian office […]
A Time of Reflection in Solidarity with the Persecuted Church Montreal, Monday, November 23, 2020—Close to a hundred people signed up for the virtual Red Wednesday event in Canada, which took place on November 18. Along with the Archbishops of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto—Msgrs. Christian Lépine, Michael J. Miller et le Cardinal Thomas Collins – […]
Press Release – For immediate release The Persecution of Christians is Increasing So is anti-religious violence. Montreal, Thursday, November 5, 2020 – On Wednesday, November 18, Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) will be marking Red Wednesday for the third consecutive year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the use of technology, Archbishop Ignatius […]
Mark your calendars!Wednesday, November 18, 2020 is #RedWednesday The national office of Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) announces that it will be recognizing Red Wednesday for the third consecutive year. November 18th has been chosen. This day, intended as a reminder that in 2020, Christians are still suffering persecution and religious discrimination, […]
PAKISTAN The case of an abducted girl, 14, taken to High Court by her Christian family By John Pontifex, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Published on the web, June 22, 2020 A Christian family in Pakistan has gone to the High Court in their fight to win back their 14-year-old […]
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, […]
