To mark International Human Rights Day, which takes place every December 10, we are sharing with you the homilies of Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (English), and Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert of Montreal (French). They were preached on November 16 during the Vigil and Mass celebrated respectively in Toronto and Montreal on Red Wednesday. […]
Blood red, to remember the love and gift of the martyrs Montreal — Thursday, November 3, 2022 — On November 16, 2022, The Canadian office of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) invites everyone to show solidarity with persecuted Christians around the world by participating in Red Wednesday. This global initiative will take place […]
Solidarity with persecuted Christians Religious freedom remains under pressure throughout the world After the year 2020 being marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the holding of a virtual event, in-person activities were held across Canada as part of #RedWednesday, promoted by the Canadian office of the charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), as […]
The Dome of Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal Lights Up Montreal, Tuesday, November 16, 2021 – It’s confirmed: tonight, and tomorrow (November 16 and 17), the dome of St. Joseph’s Oratory on Mount Royal in Montreal will be illuminated in red to mark Red Wednesday, an international event that brings together 15 of the 23 national offices of Aid to the […]
According to reports received by Aid to the Church in Need, security in northern Burkina Faso has drastically deteriorated in recent months. Armed groups are reigning terror over the whole population, demanding taxes, pillaging and robbing people in many parts of the country. However, the latest testimonies from the displaced peoples collected by ACN in […]
The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is increasingly concerned about the danger to priests, religious and lay missionaries in many parts of the world. So far in 2021, the media have reported that at least 17 people have been murdered and 20 have been abducted. “Being a priest or religious does […]
Press Release—for Immediate Release Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) Montreal, November 4, 2021—After it’s One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign in October, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is preparing for the launch of its second magazine of this year called Faith, Hope and Charity, which will present the work […]
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 […]
