Aid to the Church in Need is preparing a second wave of help for Beirut amid growing fears that last month’s explosion could spark an exodus of Christians from Lebanon. Amid reports that more than 100 churches, convents, Church-run schools and other institutes are in need of repairs following the blast on August 4, a […]
Many members of the clergy in Nicaragua have suffered because of their opposition to the government and its policies. In March, President Daniel Ortega expelled the ambassador of the Holy See. A Nicaraguan bishop began an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday, May 19 as a protest against police harassment. This is only the latest in […]
The Ukrainian Church is concerned that international humanitarian aid is dwindling just as the savings of many refugees are running dry. Bishop Radoslaw Zmitrowicz calls on the international community to keep supporting Ukraine and says that prayer is the most important help of all. The Church in Ukraine has been struggling over the past three […]
Support for 144 religious sisters in the Archdiocese of Lviv who are housing citizens displaced by the war Since the war broke out on February 24, 2022, more than 12 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. Over 80% of them are women and children, and most have fled to West Ukraine, while […]
Pope Francis will be visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this year, from July 2 to 5. During a visit to the head office of international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Germany, Bishop Timothée Bodika Manyisai, of Kikwit, in the southwestern part of DRC, spoke about how Catholics are […]
International charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is currently giving more than $750,000 in mass offerings to support priests in Ukraine who are caring for a population which is besieged and under bombardment. The stipends support almost 1,900 Catholic priests across the country, including 137 from the Greek Catholic archdiocese in Kyiv. But […]
It has been fifteen years since Pope Benedict XVI instituted the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which is celebrated on May 24, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, patron saint of the country. This feast is celebrated in the Asian country with utmost devotion. Before Covid-19, thousands of Christian pilgrims would […]
A nun of the Comboni Missionaries living in Wau, South Sudan, believes the upcoming visit by Pope Francis to the youngest country in the world, scheduled for July 5 to 7,could have a historic effect on the peace process. “The Pope will play a very, very important role. The Pope, the Christian churches and all […]
Repair of vehicles for pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Camagüey The Caribbean island of Cuba is often seen as a holiday paradise for foreign tourists. However, the continuing economic crisis in the country, which has worsened since January 2021, is severely impacting the daily life of Cubans. This is apart from the recent tragic […]
According to Msgr. Launay Saturné, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, a wave of riots and kidnappings is causing a breakdown of national life in Haiti. On Thursday, April 28, a group of heavily armed bandits kidnapped several people, including Father Whatner Aupont, priest of St. Joseph the Worker’s church at Grande Ravine in the Diocese of Anse-à-Veau […]
The international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is deeply troubled by the terrible murder of Deborah Yakubu, a Christian student who was stoned and then burned at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. “ACN decries this most recent act of violence. The levels of extremism and violence reached […]
