The provisional closure of several Catholic Church missions in the province of Cabo Delgado is one of the direct consequences of the climate of insecurity in this region where, since October 2017, violent attacks by terrorist groups have taken place. Father Kwiriwi Fonseca, one of the heads of communication for the Diocese of Pemba, explains...
The Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Mary have been dedicated to children for many years. Since 2001, the Catholic Church runs an orphanage with 50 children in Kapshagay. The Sisters make great sacrifices to raise these children and young people who mostly come from unstructured families and their work is bearing great fruit. At the center,...
The International Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need condemns the violent attacks on churches in Santiago de Chile yesterday, 18 October. Two temples were attacked by protesters at a time when several hours of peaceful demonstration were taking place to celebrate the beginning of the social outbreak of 18 October 2019: The San...
The villages of Knayeh and Yacoubieh, in Idlib province, close to the Turkish border in western Syria, still find themselves under the control of jihadist groups. Here the fearsome Islamic caliphate still holds sway; the sharia is the law, women are forced to wear veils, Christian properties have been confiscated and Christian symbols such as...
Mgr Najeeb MICHAEEL, Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, has been listed as one of the three finalists to obtain the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament. The decision will be announced tomorrow 22 October. When the Islamic State arrived in Mosul in August 2014, Mgr Najeeb Michaeel ensured the evacuation of the Christians communities,...
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is increasing its planned aid programme for the Christians affected by the massive explosion in Beirut on August 4 this year – to a total of 5 million Euros. The aid mainly relates to the repair and reconstruction of Church-related buildings within the immediate vicinity of the explosion,...
The head of a Catholic human rights’ organisation in Pakistan has hit out at the country’s justice system for taking so long to free the man wrongly accused of sparking one of the worst outbreaks of anti-Christian violence. More than seven years after former health worker Sawan Masih, 38, was arrested, Lahore High Court acquitted...
Whereabouts of Sister Gloria Narvaez is still unknown, however The Italian SMA missionary Father Pier Luigi Maccalli has finally been set free, on Tuesday, 6 October, more than two years after he was originally abducted in the diocese of Niamey in Niger, on 17 February 2018. At the same time three other hostages were also...
Pope Francis has given his public support to the rosary campaign being organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)- ‘One Million Children Praying the Rosary’, calling on children around the world to pray for an end to the coronavirus crisis. Speaking after the Angelus on Sunday, 11th October the Holy Father urged pilgrims assembled...
Seyed Mohammad Mahdi comes originally from Iran, a country in which religious freedom does not exist and where possession of a Bible can mean a death sentence. Mahdi was forced to leave Iran and is now living as a refugee in Spain. “My life in my own country was quite normal, happy, together with my...
