On April 11, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta will be organizing a prayer vigil in memory of the modern Christian martyrs. This Night of Witness will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Balzan by 5:30pm. Two witnesses from Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lamma and Mr. Solomon Yuhwam will be...
Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) congratulates Maltese Priest of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSSP), Rev. Fr. Giovanni Cefai who has been appointed by Pope Francis as the first Bishop Prelate of the Territorial Prelatures of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (Peru) comprising 22 districts and 170,000 Catholics. This appointment followed the erection...
Your foundation has given us legs, it has given us arms, it has given us eyes and it has given us a mouth to proclaim the Gospel. For all of this, our heartfelt thanks!” – Bishop Adriano Langa, Mozambique. After the devastation of the Cyclone Idai, ACN sent an emergency help to Mozambique of...
Ever since 1993 ACN has been supporting the Catholic radio station “Mazoji Studija“ in Vilnius, Lithuania. The name means “Little Studio“. But although it is little, it is an important and precious instrument of evangelization in the country, and very dear to the Lithuanian Bishops‘ hearts. Its work is of great importance to the Church...
Killings and kidnapping of priests, the religious and other pastoral workers especially in West Africa, seem to be on the increase. Although it is worth bearing in mind that by far the majority of victims in killings and kidnappings are ordinary innocent persons, crimes targeting religious pastoral workers seem to be on the rise, in...
Seventy years ago, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) initiated the campaign “A vehicle for God”. So-called “rucksack priests” were given vehicles so that they could dispense pastoral care to the displaced Catholics of the German diaspora after World War II. “I give religious instruction at seven schools and regularly celebrate Holy Mass in...
15th March 2019 marks the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the war in Syria. The war in Syria has unleashed the greatest humanitarian catastrophe since the Second World War, with some 12 million refugees and internally displaced. Meanwhile, Christians in Syria now represent just 3% of the population, whereas before the war they were...
“In this time of legal darkness, there has been added a literal darkness” The political and economic crisis that is ravaging Venezuela has become even worse in recent days as a result of the electricity blackout that has affected the whole country, 23 different states, since March 7 this year. According to information provided by...
Catherine Ibrahim lives in a camp for displaced persons run by the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Here, she describes the murder of her husband and abduction of her children – both at the hands of Boko Haram – and her eventual captivity. She told her story to Aid to the Church in...
ANTOINE HADDAD, 19, a member of the Armenian Catholic Church, grew up at the height of the Syrian civil war, amidst chaos and violence. The first bombings of Aleppo destroyed parts of his home. He gives a glimpse of his suffering in this interview with Aid to the Church in Need: “I was in school,...
