A Nigerian cleric and spokesman of the Sharibu family has reacted to rumours making the rounds that Leah Sharibu, the Christian school girl held captive by Boko Haram for refusing to convert to Islam, had given birth to baby boy for a boko haram commander and had subsequently converted to Islam. Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, speaking...
Sister Grace from the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Mozambique has painfully communicated to Aid to the Church in Need that there is an “atmosphere of humanitarian chaos” in the Pemba region of Mozambique as Islamists unleash a string of attacks. “There are many people fleeing. At the moment we don’t know...
Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna on Holy Mass on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21/06/2020 St Paul’s Parish Church, Rabat “Fear no one” (Mt 10:26). Jesus repeats this phrase three times in the Gospel we have just heard from chapter 10 of the Gospel of Matthew. “Do not be afraid” (Mt 10:36). “Do...
A Catholic Priest from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Fr. Apollinaire Cibaka Cikongo has disclosed that many Priests in the Country have gone missing for years, without any trace or news about them. Speaking in a meeting with Rome Reports Premium, Fr. Cikongo explained that many times politicians are behind it. “There are priests in...
In 2019, Africa set a sad record for the second time in a row. It is the continent with the highest number of murdered priests, religious and church workers. The mounting number of kidnappings and the increasing spread of Islamist terror are also alarming. The increase in violence was particularly dramatic in Burkina Faso. Christians...
In collaboration with the Holy See, the United Arab Emirates has delivered 50 tons of emergency medical aid to the Peruvian Amazon region that is battling the coronavirus pandemic. The aid reaches the Amazon as Covid-19 infections rise throughout Latin America putting millions of vulnerable people at risk. This delivery is the fruit of a...
As the US Bishops observe “Religious Freedom Week,” the acting president of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty warns against “discrimination against religion in general and Catholic Christianity in particular.” “The right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person,” says Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, the acting president...
Grzegorz Draus is not an astronaut, although he may look like one, nor is he a pilot of some kind of special spaceship, but he is part of a very special mission; to care for the bodies and souls of COVID-19 patients in a special hospital in the city of Lviv in Ukraine. In the...
To ensure the survival of almost 70 communities of Sisters ministering in part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) beset by conflict and violence, Aid to the Church in Need has provided emergency help. As COVID-19 restrictions mean Sisters have lost their means of financial support, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)...
Mass was celebrated roughly every 23 seconds somewhere around the world in 2019 for the intentions of Aid to the Church in Need’s Benefactors. ACN sends stipends from its benefactors to help priests where the Church is suffering or in dire need providing financial aid for the priests to enable them carry out their vital...
