BOSNIA – “We are there for the children that need us.” When Katarina leafs through the photo albums from the last two decades with Sisters Admirata and Manda, her joy is tinged by melancholy. The photographs keep memories of Katarina’s happy childhood days alive. However, the realisation that the sheltered days of her youth will...
VENEZUELA – Bishops appeal to President to accept humanitarian aid as crisis deepens As the economic and social situation in Venezuela continues to deteriorate day by day, even basic necessities are no longer available. The country has run out of most medicines from common painkillers to cancer and HIV drugs. Desperate doctors have resorted to...
MEXICO – Three priests abducted and killed this month Less than a week after two Catholic priests abducted in Mexico were found murdered, the body of a third priest, Fr. José Alfredo López Guillén, was discovered. His car has also been found overturned on a road nearby. According to a message written on the archdiocese’s...
NIGERIA – Nightmare in Boko Haram enclave: a young mother’s heartbreaking story Rebecca had been held by the terrorists for two years. On 5 September she arrived in Maidiguri to be reunited with her husband – with a new baby fathered by a Boko Haram militant. The family of Bitrus Zachariah and his wife Rebecca...
IRAQ – Christians are desperate for help A recent visit organised by ACN to Erbil, a region of Iraq where millions of displaced Iraqis currently live, revealed that Christian families in particular were still in great need of help to survive. Iraqi Christians are currently in a desperate situation, especially as many aid agencies are...
BURMA – Crops and pigs fund education for poor children When a remote parish in Burma’s Shan state needed funds desperately to provide food and schooling for 15 poor children, they came up with an unusual solution – pigs. The children, some of whom were orphans, who came from poor families in remote villages were...
Pope Francis at memorial Mass for Fr Hamel – “To kill in the name of God is satanic” Pope Francis made this strong statement before his General Audience in St. Peter’s Square as he officiated at a Mass for Fr Hamel, the 86-year-old French priest killed by an Islamic terrorist. The Eucharistic celebration was...
AZERBAIJAN – Vatican representatives meet Caucasus Muslim leaders A meeting between a delegation from the Vatican and a delegation of the Caucasus Muslim Department (CMD) has taken place in Baku, a little over a month before Pope Francis’ visit to the country. The meeting was chaired by Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, chairman of the DMC, and...
The National Director of Aid to the Church in Need (Malta), staff, benefactors and friends would like to congratulate H.L. Mgr. Carmelo Zammit on his consecration as Bishop of Gibraltar. We pray God and Our Lady to guide H.L. Mgr. C. Zammit in his new mission as Bishop in the Diocese of Gibraltar. Ad multos...
KENYA – New church for a mission parish in predominately Muslim region The mission parish of St. Charles Lwanga lies within the apostolic vicariate of Isiolo, in north-east Kenya, in a majority Muslim area where Catholics make up a minority of only 5% or so. The parish was established here in 2005 – the same...
