On 10th February many Christians in Malta celebrate the Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul, marking and giving thanks for the arrival of Christian faith on these islands. The reading from the Acts of the Apostles used for the feast is the text chosen for this year’s Week of Prayer. Hospitality is a much...
Plans to build India’s largest statue of Jesus in the southern state of Karnataka have encountered heavy opposition from local Hindu nationalists. The state-level government, controlled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked for the suspension of construction until the ownership of the construction plot has been established by a government inquiry....
The Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation ACN International has learned with dismay of the abduction of four young seminarians in Kaduna, Nigeria. According to local sources, the incident occurred on 8 January 2020 at the Good Shepherd seminary in the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria. Shortly after 10.30 p.m. armed men broke through...
A study published earlier this year reveals about 3,000 attacks on churches, schools and Christian symbols in Europe over the past year. According to research conducted by the Gatestone Institute , the study center and international policy council, these attacks were particularly significant in France and Germany, but were also “common” in countries such as Belgium, Britain,...
The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop who accuses the government of using different methods to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance. In the wake of the Christmas Day attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and an attack by Boko Haram on...
THOUSANDS of Syrian children could afford to smile last Christmas thanks to Aid to the Church in Need’s Gifts of Faith– according to a Sister helping suffering Christians. In an audio-message to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), project partner Sister Annie Demerjian thanked the charity’s benefactors for supporting children living in the ruins...
“If you don’t stop trying to find your daughter, we will accuse you of blasphemy.” These are the threats made by the abductor, Abdul Jabbar, to the parents and the lawyer representing Huma Younas, the Christian girl he himself has abducted. Her case has been brought to the notice of ACN International by her family’s...
AS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS continue in Lebanon, the country’s economic crisis is worsening. Banks have imposed restrictions on withdrawals and transfers, the currency has been devalued and many people are losing jobs. Financial despair has driven at least three Lebanese to commit suicide. A growing number of Christians are contemplating emigration, just as happened during Lebanon’s...
“The situation in our country is very difficult. Hyperinflation has made food and other basic goods become so expensive that even if they have money, Venezuelans live in poverty.” These are the words of Ángel Colmenares, a young priest who lives in Catia La Mar, a coastal city on the outskirts of Caracas, the capital...
Not long ago, Aleteia published a story about a couple in Brazil — Victor and Ana Paula Ribeiro — who decided to use their wedding banquet to feed 160 poor children instead of having a traditional celebration. Their story has gone viral. In Nigeria also, a young couple, Gbede Senenge and Joy, decided to spend...
