An intrepid nun, who coordinates emergency relief in Syria, has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by sending a message of prayer and solidarity to friends and benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need In an audio message, Sister Annie Demerjian, a leading Syria project partner of Aid to the Church in Need, tells the...
Because of the COVID-19 epidemic and confinement measures, pilgrims are staying away from the Holy Land. The streets of Jerusalem will certainly be quite empty at Easter. ACN International looks at the situation and relays the calls to pray for local Christians. The cancellation of pilgrimages will have serious repercussions on the tourism industry on...
ACN mourns the death of Bishop Angelo Moreschi, Apostolic Vicar of Gambella (Ethiopia), who passed away on the Feast of the Annunciation, 25 March 2020, in Brescia, Italy. He was the first Catholic bishop and first ACN project partner who fell victim of COVID-19. Bishop Angelo Moreschi was born on 13 June 1952 in Italy...
The icon of Our Lady Consoler of the Syrian people blessed by the Holy Father as part of ACN’s prayer campaign for Syrian Christians tagged “Console my people” has continued its voyage across Syria and will go on until 31st of May. This campaign which seeks to perpetuate the memory of the victims of the war...
The Saint John the Merciful table project supported by Aid to the Church in Need at the Syrian border in Zahleh, Lebanon where 300 refugee families are fed daily continues despite the limitations posed by measures taken to contain and prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Lebanon. Adjusting to the current situation and to...
For the umpteenth time no progress has been made in the case of Huma Younus, the 14-year-old Catholic girl abducted on 10 October last year in Karachi, Pakistan, then raped, forcibly ‘converted‘ to Islam and forced to ‘marry‘ her own abductor. As reported to ACN by the lawyer representing the parents of Huma, Tabassum Yousaf,...
In view of the global dimension of the coronavirus pandemic, the International President of Aid to the Church in Need, Thomas Heine-Geldern sent a letter to all national offices of the foundation to remind that, in this very difficult and “challenging” time, we cannot forget those who suffer the most, “ Christians who continue to...
Religious experts have said that there is an urgent need to respond to the continuing attacks by extremist groups against Christian communities in Africa, due to significant increase in beheadings, kidnappings and other violent attacks by extremist groups against Christian communities. The statement was made at a meeting which took place at Ave Maria school in...
For the past 10 years there has been a notable increase in the number of anti-Christian attacks and incidents in the Holy Land. Perpetrated by Jewish hardliners, they have been regularly denounced by the Christian Churches of the Holy Land, who have appealed about them to the civil authorities. The pontifical foundation ACN International, summaries...
Interview with Maltese Bishop Allesandro of Garissa, Kenya Bishop Joseph Alessandro is the Catholic Bishop of Garissa, Kenya. He is Maltese, and as a Franciscan missionary in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, has been working in Kenya for the past 14 years In this interview with ACN, he shares his pastoral experience as a...
