ACN celebrates 100 years anniversary of Fatima Apparitions This year we commemorate the centenary of the apparitions to the children at Fatima of Our Lady, who is the Patron of Aid to the Church in Need. ACN Malta is urging the faithful to increase devotion to the Madonna by saying the Holy Rosary to pray...
Pope Francis speaks out for rights of indigenous people Pope Francis met with representatives of indigenous peoples who were in Rome for the Third Indigenous Peoples’ Forum. The Forum was organised by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its foundation this year. The aim of the forum...
SOUTH SUDAN Famine declared – Pope and UN appeal for emergency aid Years of civil war, a refugee crisis and a collapsing economy have taken their toll on South Sudan, which only gained its independence in 2011. Since early 2017, parts of South Sudan have been experiencing a famine following several years of instability in...
IRAQ – Christians excluded from reconstruction plans A coalition of mainly Christian UK-based charities working in Iraq and Syria warned that leaders of religious minority communities are being excluded from the National Settlement plan for northern Iraq being put together by Iraq and other regional powers and presented to the UN. Exclusion of Christians from...
Statement issued by the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria PREAMBLE We, the Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, welcome you to the Cathedral of St Peter Clavers. We are here to present to the world, the pains, agony and sorrows that have befallen us in this part...
Chinese priests wary of new agreement between Vatican and China Closer ties between the Vatican and Beijing authorities are viewed with skepticism by many Chinese Catholic priests who, for the past 60 years, have been split between those who remain loyal to the Pope and others who are under the control of the Chinese...
Mosul Christians fear they can never return home Two years after IS conquered Mosul, some of the city’s Christians still live as refugees in St Mary’s Church in Amman, Jordan – one of several churches in the Jordanian capital that opened its doors to terrified refugees who arrived with nothing but the clothes they...
IRAQ – First Mass in Qaraqosh since it was liberated from IS Although Qaraqosh was liberated by the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) and Iraqi military about twelve days ago, its former citizens are unable to return. Sporadic gunfire is still going on and the town has not yet been cleared of bombs. Nevertheless, despite...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ”No one cares to visit us.” Christine du Coudray, head of the Africa department at international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, just came back from a project trip to Democratic Republic of the Congo. She visited the Eastern part of the country, still suffering the consequences...
