Dear Colleagues, Directors, Foreign and Local Participants, It is the pleasure of Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) to welcome you all in Malta  where St. Paul was shipwrecked in AD 60. This is recorded in Chapter 28 of the Acts of the Apostles. The leaders of Aid to the Church in Need International, with...

The seed to help out in developing countries was planted by Sr. Gilbert, a Sister of St. Joseph of the Apparition when I was attending school at about 6 years of age. When I was 14 my late Dad asked me what I would like to do after my ‘O’ levels the following year. I answered...

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the conference organized by Aid to the Church in Need Malta, 11-13 May 2014 On 10 December, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, enshrining the fundamental freedoms that are essential for the equality and dignity of...

Fr Colin Apap gives seven thousand one hundred and seven (7,107) reasons why his eight-year stay in the Philippines makes a tapestry of life. “What, are you still here? Don’t you know that you were supposed to leave for Manila an hour ago?” That was the beginning of a divine adventure by the God of...

Can Christianity Survive Persecution? Algeria The church in Algeria did not suffer persecution in the strict sense, but it was severely attacked during the years of Islamic terrorism (1991-1999). We shall try to explain the sense of this attack and to show why and how our church was able to live through this difficult period...

Eminence, Excellences, dear friends, Can Christianity survive persecution? As Christians, our first thought would be to say: yes, of course! Christianity will never disappear. Look at the history of the Church! All the Apostles except John were martyrized, we went through three centuries of persecution and then the persecution continued in the Middle East and...