ACN Project of the Week – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Help for the training of 161 seminarians in the Diocese of Butembo-Beni The Diocese of Butembo-Beni is situated in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the crisis region of North Kivu, rich in natural resources, on the frontier between the DR Congo and neighbouring Uganda. For years now, the rebels of …

Project of the Week – India

Help for the training of 22 seminarians The Catholic Church in Northeast India is still relatively young and only began to take root around the end of the 19th century. In many parts of the region, the Catholic presence dates back no more than a few decades. One of the younger dioceses in this part …

ACN Success Story – Zambia

Help for the training of 12 Spiritan seminarians The Holy Ghost Fathers (Congregation of the Holy Spirit, CSSp.) – also known as the Spiritans – were founded in 1703 in France. Today, its members are present in over 60 countries, evangelizing and ministering to the poor and to those on the margins of society, especially …

ACN Project of the Week-Uganda

Help for the training of 30 seminarians The Diocese of Nebbi lies in the north of Uganda, in a region that suffered greatly from the internal warfare between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government from 1987 to 2006. Whole areas of this region were devastated and destroyed, and the consequences are still …

Annual Report 2023: $209.8 million in donations to help Christians in need in 138 countries

Königstein-Montreal, June 20, 2024 — Aid to the Church in Need released its Annual Report for 2023, which once again reflected the generosity of its benefactors from all around the world to help suffering Christians and the Church in Need. Ukraine, Syria, and Lebanon were the countries that received the most aid in 2023, while …

ACN Project of the Week – Mexico

Help for the training of 27 seminarians, Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal After Brazil, Mexico, with its close to 130 million inhabitants, ranks as the second most populous Catholic country in the world. However, the number of Catholics is dwindling. Although almost 96% of its population profess themselves Christians, only around 72% now describe themselves as Catholics. …

ACN Project of the Week – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Help for the training of 14 seminarians in Sarajevo Many of the Catholics in Bosnia and Herzegovina have now left their country. In fact, their numbers have halved since the last Bosnian War, which ended in 1995. Today, there are only around 400,000 Catholic faithful left, accounting for barely 15% of the total population. Sadly, …