Help us to achieve peace Sunday mass goes on as usual – Catholics defy terrorist threat Bishop Bruno’s plea to the world – Help us to achieve peace  Cameroon is sandwiched between two of the major crisis regions in Central and Western Africa, namely Nigeria and the Central African Republic. Nigeria, where the Boko Haram...

L-Aid to the Church in Need b’Kollaborazzjoni ma’ Radju Marija   Id-Direttur Nazzjonali tal-Aid to the Church in Need, Stephen Axisa qed itella’ programm fuq Radju Marija (102.3 FM) kull nhar t’Erbgħa bejn it-8.30p.m. u d-9.00p.m. Dan il-programm jiġi mniedi nhar il-Ħadd fl-4.30am  u t-Tlieta fis-2.00 a.m. Waqt dan il-programm qed jingħata tagħrif dwar ir-realtajiet li...

Rise in Hindu nationalism Escalating violence   Rise in Hindu nationalism is becoming a serious threat to Christians in India After Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the elections and assumed control of India, there was a surge in Hindu nationalism at the expense of non-Hindu minorities. There have been more...

Around 160 Christians are thought to have been captured when Daesh (ISIS) took over the town of Al Qaryatayn near Homs, Syria on Thursday 6th August according to a priest working in the region. But speaking to ACN, Father Jihad Youssef he said that the exact number of hostages was unclear. “We do not know...

Interview   10.09.2015 An interview with Johannes Freiherr Heereman, president of the international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)   Mr von Heereman, for years now ACN has been helping Christian refugees from the Middle East to stay on in their own countries. Doesn’t the current flood of refugees into Europe – including...

The recent destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria confirms that Daesh (IS) is continuing its programme of systematic cultural vandalism. The Islamic extremist group has said it considers statues and shrines idolatrous – many churches, monasteries and precious artefacts have been damaged and destroyed. ISIS is not...

In an interview with Stephen Axisa, National Director of ACN Malta, Mgr Bonello the bishop of Juticalpa in Honduras spoke of the difficult times the country was going through. Honduras’ problems of violence, crime, unemployment and its consequences, especially poverty, were a legacy of the past.  The solution does not lie in trying to eliminate...

After all the atrocities committed by Boko Haram in his country, Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Job in Nigeria, thinks “the world has to show more determination to halt the group’s advance in Nigeria.” Other countries are slowly waking up to express shock at the increasing violence but there is little or no appetite to...

Martyrdom was the subject of Mgr. George Frendo’s talk for the meeting organized by Comunita’ Sant Egidio in Tirana 6 –  8 September. Starting with a definition of martyrdom according to Thomas Aquinas as “the shedding of one’s blood for Christ’s sake” and “the right endurance of sufferings unjustly inflicted” followed by a brief history...

 * Eyewitness account  * Living under bombs *Local Projects                              ACN eye-witness account shows how crisis in Syria has deepened  By Oliver Maksan and Clare Creegan A call to redouble efforts to help Syrian refugees ahead of the winter has been made by the...