Every year, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) helps provide summer camps for close to 100,000 children and young people in need. This year, a group of Portuguese students decided to do their part to help those in Ukraine benefit from this experience. Just by studying hard, a group of Portuguese students managed to …
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The close collaboration between Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and now Pope Leo XIV blazed a trail of service and evangelization in Peru. From the Andes to the Amazon, ACN’s projects carry hope and a pastoral presence to where it is needed most. In this interview, Peruvian Luis Vildoso, who is responsible for …
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Host baking machines for the Poor Clares Eight Poor Clare Sisters live in their convent in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and another young woman is hoping to join them. They live a strict enclosed life of prayer, penance, and especially Eucharistic adoration, in which they include all the needs and concerns of the entire …
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, met on Wednesday, 17 July, with a delegation from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Jerusalem and expressed his gratitude for the help received. (Cover photo: Cardinal Pizzaballa blessing the Holy City of Jerusalem on April 2nd, 2023, part of the Palms Sunday liturgies). The …
Montreal, Thursday, June 15, 2023 – Pontifical Charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) presents its 2022 annual accounts which reflect a year of record support. Ukraine was the largest individual recipient of help for projects in 2022, receiving almost 10% of the aid, while Africa was the region that received the most support. …
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Feature Story – Iceland Nominally, the vast majority of Icelanders belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. There are only around 14,000 Catholics in Iceland, a country with only one diocese – Reykjavik – and eight parishes. Some of these parishes are very distant from each other. None of this bothers Sister Selestina Gavric …
