ACN announces more help for the Middle East as crisis deepens A leading Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), has announced a series of extra emergency aid packages for people in Syria and Iraq escaping persecution and grappling with the onset of winter. ACN is rolling out 19 relief programmes in Syria...

  Children’s workshops – a way forward to end the cycle of crime and violence in Honduras In an interview with Stephen Axisa, National Director of ACN Malta, Mgr Bonello the bishop of Juticalpa in Honduras spoke of the difficult times the country was going through. Honduras’ problems of violence, crime, unemployment and its consequences,...

ACN Report highlighting scale of persecution of Christians receives Papal message of support   The impact of violence, persecution and exodus on Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere is highlighted in a wide-ranging report Persecuted and Forgotten? which is due to be released in Malta next week by Aid to the Church in Need...

Award-winning humanitarian who was kidnapped by terrorists visits Malta to speak at ACN report launch   Fr Khalil Jaar, who in 2002 received the prestigious Robert PW Pierce Award for Christian Services and Reconciliation, is arriving in Malta on 22 Oct for a programme of events to promote the launch of the Persecuted and Forgotten?...

Renowned humanitarian Fr Khalil Jaar thanks the people of Gozo for their hospitality on his recent visit and warns them to safeguard their Christian heritage Fr Kahlil Jarr expressed his heartfelt thanks for the warm welcome he received from the people of Gozo, who took him to their hearts. He was full of praise for...