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Tag: Aid to the Church in Need

Nicaragua: bishop goes on hunger strike to protest police harassment


“The Gospel teaches us that we must open our doors to those who are persecuted, and this is what we did. Our churches were turned into refuges, not into opposition planning centers, as the government claims.”

Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Alvarez, Catholicism, Nicaragua, Persecution

Church in Latin America faces aggressive secularism, polarization


Last year we approved 969 project requests from more than 800 partners in at least 320 different dioceses on the continent.

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Latin America, Secularism

A call for Christians to join the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China


Aid to the Church Need (ACN) calls on benefactors and friends, and all people of goodwill, to join the World Day of Prayer for China

Abortion, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, China, Christian, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Anti-Christian violence follows killing of Christian girl in Sokoto, Nigeria


In response to these acts of violence, Bishop Kukah appealed “to Christians to remain law abiding and pray for the return of normalcy and congratulates the local authorities and police for their work in dispersing the crowd before they could do further damage.”

Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Matthew Kukah, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Nigeria, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Ukraine: Courage and faith in wartime


The Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, in western Ukraine, began to host displaced women and children at the beginning of the war.

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Russia, Ukraine, War

Kharkiv, Ukraine: Bishop documents strikes on residential buildings


Bishop Honcharuk found refuge from the growing attacks in a bunker, along with about 40 other people, including Bishop Mytrofan, from the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Russia, Ukraine, War

In Lviv, Ukraine, Father Grzegorz Draus: ‘The days feel like months’


“When they arrive, they are exhausted and terrified. The journey through Ukraine takes very long now”

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Russia, Ukraine, War

ACN calls on contemplatives worldwide to join day of prayer for peace in Ukraine


The call for a day of prayer and fasting on March 2nd was an initiative of Pope Francis for the entire Catholic Church

Aid to the Church in Need, Carmelites, Catholicism, Christian, Dominicans, Poor Clares, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, War

Bishop of Kharkiv, Ukraine: ‘My message is short because we are under constant bombardment’


“It took me eight hours to travel 100 miles. The roads were full of people fleeing west.”

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Russia, Ukraine, War

Priests in Ukraine: ‘We don’t have time to be frightened’


In reaction to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Aid to the Church in Need is sending an aid package of one million dollars.

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Russia, Ukraine, War

Ukraine: Church helps refugees and prays for peace


“War does not bring any solutions, only destruction, suffering, and lack of peace.”

Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, Catholicism, Christian, Europe, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, War

Catholic leader in Ukraine calls for an end to ‘idolatry of violence’


“There is a new idolatry of violence arising around the world, and as Christians we have to say no to violence, no to military action.”

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Orthodox Church, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine

Pastor, champion of persecuted Christians, is murdered in Pakistan


TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN PAID TO A CHRISTIAN MINISTER who was killed Jan. 30 January in Pakistan after dedicating his life to persecuted and other suffering Christians.

Aid to the Church in Need, Christian, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom

In one of the poorest parts of Lebanon, the Church sustains body and soul


Addousiyyeh, in the Diocese of Tyr, is a sad reminder of the state that Lebanon is in as a whole.

Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Charbel Abdallah, Catholicism, Christian, Lebanon, Maronite Catholics, Poverty

Iraqi Christians eye new year with hope and trepidation


“I can only hope that God will protect our country and our people from all evils, keeping external conflicts away from it, and granting us strength and faith to face all future challenges.”

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Persecution, Religious Freedom

‘Violence against Christian women is a weapon in the war against religious minorities’


The more politics and the media recognize that we are talking about actual cases and legitimate interests, the more these reports will be taken seriously.

Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Egypt, Islam, Persecution, Women

In Lebanon, Economic Crisis Threatens Closure of Catholic Hospital


Situated in the heights of Beirut, from where the port wreckage can be seen, the hospital can accommodate 800 patients suffering from various mental illnesses.

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Lebanon, Poverty

Armenia: Church of the Martyrs


For years, ACN has been supporting pastoral initiatives of the Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, particularly summer youth camps.

Aid to the Church in Need, Armenia, Catholicism, Christian, Poverty

Mozambique: a cross with a broken Christ


Cabo Delgado has witnessed an enormous number of victims of this violence, terrorism and religious intolerance.

Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Mozambique, Persecution, Religious Freedom

‘Be quiet so that God may defend you’—kidnapped sister is free at last


She can walk the hallways of the convent in Colombia where she trained to be a religious, and she can feel that the love she receives from people is fundamental to the gradual recovery of her inner peace.

Aid to the Church in Need, Asia, Catholicism, Christian, Mali, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Sister Narvaez

No Christmas lights for Aleppo, but hope is in big supply


ACN has been supporting Christians in Aleppo since the beginning of the war, and the archbishop conveyed his thanks for this aid.

Aid to the Church in Need, Aleppo, Catholicism, Christian, Christmas, Islam, Syria

Mozambique: a story of sorrow and salvation in Pemba


More than 3,300 people have died and nearly a million have been displaced. Chico is one of them.

Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Mozambique, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Terrorism

Christ is the brother of every man and woman


We are truly of Christ if we truly accept the “sacrament” of his Humanity.

Aid to the Church in Need, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Catholicism, Christian, Christmas, Persecution, Religious Freedom

Bishops: ‘Christian presence in Holy Land facing extreme threat’


As one solution to the problems, the heads of Churches proposed the creation of “a special Christian cultural and heritage zone to safeguard the integrity of the Christian Quarter in Old City Jerusalem,” which would also ensure the preservation of the city’s Christian heritage.

Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Holy Land, Israel, Persecution, Religious Freedom

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