Christians in the Holy Land are very proud of their heritage but often have only a shaky understanding of the basic tenets of the faith. The current Catholic leadership wants to improve the situation and to bridge the gaps in their Christian knowledge by engaging in a robust spiritual formation program thanks to Aid to …
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A priest’s testimony of how religious sisters in Venezuela cared for him until the end Spanish priest Father Alfonso Delgado, who arrived in Venezuela in the seventies with a group of fellow missionaries, gradually found himself alone as the years passed and his companions passed away. However, he found a home among the Sisters of …
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Help better equip the workshop of a contemplative community In the year 1212, the young and beautiful Chiara Offreduccio di Favarone slipped quietly out of her wealthy parental home, leaving behind all her loved ones, all her safety and security, and all her comfort and wealth in order to embrace a life of poverty, chastity, …
You are the voice of persecuted Christians Press Release – For Immediate Release Montreal, April 30, 2025 – On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Canada invites all parishes, dioceses, religious communities, schools, sanctuaries, Church institutions, and civil society groups in Canada to mark this important event on their calendars: …
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During his visit to the international headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana emphasized the urgency of an authentic and committed faith. In the face of many social problems which for a long time have undermined Madagascar, he insists on the importance of pastoral work so that the Gospel may …
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Subsistence aid for three religious sisters in a poor parish Most people tend to think of the Dominican Republic as a holiday paradise, with idyllic sandy beaches. And many are astonished to discover that there is in fact great poverty there. The west of the country, bordering on its crisis-ridden neighbour Haiti, is an almost …
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Death of Pope Francis – Aid to the Church in Need Canada pays tribute to a pastor close to the poor and the suffering Church Pope Francis “never forgot persecuted Christians.” Marie-Claude Lalonde, national director of ACN Canada Montreal, April 22, 2025 – Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Canada was deeply saddened to learn …
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ACN says farewell to Pope Francis “Pope Francis was the pontiff for the people on the edges of society and a tireless fighter for religious freedom and oppressed Christians. That is how we remember him, and we trust that we now have another advocate in heaven for our work.” So spoke the executive president of …
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“Six hundred and ninety-eight, six hundred and ninety-nine, seven hundred.” Mathieu passes pebbles from one side to another. Seven hundred in all, one for each of the Hail Marys he has prayed that night. A night which to him feels like the evening in Gethsemane, in the Garden of Olives, where Jesus also felt alone, …
A new chapel for a rural parish The parish of Saint Francis Xavier is in a very rural region of the Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco, in the tropical eastern part of Bolivia. The people here are very poor and live mainly off traditional subsistence farming, and the region is largely undeveloped. Juancito is …
