ARCHBISHOP RAMZI GARMOU, when he still headed the Chaldean Archeparchy of Tehran, spoke with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the situation of Christians in Iran. He currently serves as archbishop of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Amida, Turkey. Are Christians in Iran particularly discriminated against? They are forbidden to occupy certain posts, such...
At the end of May terrorist groups launched a merciless attack on the town of Macomia, in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northeast Mozambique, an area rich in oil and natural gas. The Theresian Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph have been present in Macomia for 16 years now and do important work in the...
THE LAWYER FIGHTING the conviction of a Christian man serving a life sentence for blasphemy in Pakistan says the appeal hearing has been postponed almost 70 times. Nearly 11 years after lawyer Khalil Tahir Sandhu submitted the first appeal petition in Lahore High Court challenging the conviction of Imran Masih. His lawyer said the case...
Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) was once again able to fulfil its mission and support over 5,230 projects, providing assistance for a wide range of needs in 139 different countries, mainly in Africa and the Middle East in the past year 2019. This is contained in...
A Christian family in Pakistan have gone to the High Court in their fight to win back their 14-year-old girl, who they say was abducted by a man who forced her to marry him and demanded she abandon her faith. Lawyer Khalil Tahir Sandhu confirmed to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)...
As part of its campaign to support priests and religious working with the weak and vulnerable in areas affected by COVID-19, Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced 11 new projects in Brazil which has the second highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world. ACN’s aid for Brazil will...
Despite being surrounded by war, persecution and destruction, the archbishop of war-torn Aleppo in Syria says that he’s still able to find happiness. “Working for the Lord fills my life with meaning and gives me a solid reason for being,” wrote Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart in a Pentecost message. His reflection is titled “I am Happy,”...
Project partners of Aid to the Church in Need from various countries have been asking for help from the pontifical foundation to support radio stations and improve their audiovisual equipment to transmit the Mass, offer spiritual and human formation Along with the support of priests, men and women religious to be able to continue with...
Aid to the Church in Need is providing emergency aid for struggling Christian families in Pakistan, facing hardship and hunger as a consequence of the COVID-19 lockdown in the country The measures taken by Pakistan to contain the coronavirus pandemic have further exacerbated the social hardship facing the Christian minority in the country. The bishops...
MSGR. NOËL CASTOMA is pastor of St. Joseph’s Syriac Catholic Church in Qaraqosh, on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. While several dozen people from outside the community have been quarantined with an eye on preventing COVID-19 infections, the town itself has seen no coronavirus cases as yet. Nonetheless, the local population is affected by...
