August 19 marked the 30th anniversary of the coup carried out by the Soviet military and Communist elites. Aid to the Church in Need was pivotal in its success through the smuggling of a radio transmitter into the country. The images went around the world: tanks rolling through Moscow’s inner city and taking up position […]
Both Catholic and Orthodox churches in Russia through dialogue have discovered one common preoccupation. The desire to help suffering addicts. One man, Fr. Sergij Belkov, has developed a tried and true method in Sapjornoe that many others are adopting. His success rate with addicts is so great that extensions are now needed on the Orthodox rehabilitation centre to house all those in need, programs and much more. ACN has been supporting this excellent initiative right from the start. Read more about it in our Project of the Week.
Support for the life and ministry of the 56 religious Sisters With a total area spanning almost 10 million km² the diocese of Saint Joseph, based in Irkutsk, East Siberia, is larger than the entirety of the United States. Scattered across this vast area are no more than approximately 52,000 Catholics, ministered to by a mere […]
The pastoral charity helps institutions dedicated to St. Joseph all over the world In honour of the Year of St. Joseph, the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is highlighting the many projects it supports in Latin America, Africa, the Near East, Eastern Europe and Asia which have been dedicated […]
Russia – ACN’s Success Story Psychological illnesses are on the increase all over the world and have today overtaken such diseases as cancer and cardiovascular illnesses in terms of sheer numbers. At 13% of the total, they now exceed all other medical conditions, and are frequently described as a “worldwide epidemic” today. This development also […]
Russia Beekeeping, a harbinger of hope for the rehabilitation of addicts Before his ordination as a priest, Father Sergij was a police commissioner with the homicide squad, for many years, witnessing daily to the evils that enslave people and make them capable of such terrible deeds. His experience taught him that every crime starts […]
Russia /Siberia Support for the life and ministry of 63 religious sisters in the diocese of Saint Joseph The diocese of Saint Joseph in Irkutsk, in eastern Siberia, is geographically speaking the largest diocese in the world. With an area of almost 10 million km² it is actually larger than the United States! […]
PROJECT OF THE WEEK Russia Church Camp for the Holidays! Again this year, 50 young people from the Armenian Catholic community of Venyov went to Catholic summer camp. Kids aged from 9 to 17 were spent a week with friends in a lovely spot and had lots of fun while deepening their faith. […]
Russia Help for the training of 111 Orthodox seminarians in Belgorod The historic meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Cuba was an occasion of great joy for ACN for our charity has been committed for almost 25 years now to promoting dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox […]
Syria 08 April 2016 The street in Al-Qaryatayn few days after liberated from ISIS. Syria/Russia Syria trip of Catholic and Orthodox delegation – a “tangible reaction to the meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow” Last week, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation, Archpriest […]
