When Bishop Stephen Nyodho was appointed for the Diocese of Malakal everything had been destroyed. No buildings, no services, and no flock. With courage and leading by example, he began to rebuild: first trust, and then infrastructure.
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The attack on the parish of St Louis de Montfort did not inflict any casualties on the missionaries but generated widespread panic among the Christian population.
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Thanks to our generous benefactors, we have been able to supply a new pastoral transport vehicle for the Sisters of Jesus and Mary in Venezuela. Now they can continue to pick up food supplies for their girls' orphanage, transport sick patients, and make p...
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As millions face war and displacement this Holy Week, ACN calls for urgent practical and pastoral support Christians in the Holy Land.
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Churches have opened their doors to receive thousands of displaced people, but efforts are overstretched operating schools, hospitals, care homes and orphanages.
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ACN National Director Bernard Toutounji was interviewed by Sky News Australia host Gabriella Power, in which he described the scale of violence and government denial about targeted attacks on Christians.
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Pope Leo XIV welcomed senior representatives of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) to the Apostolic Palace on Friday, praising the international Catholic charity for its tireless defence of religious freedom and its closeness to persecuted Christians around...
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The tragic death of Suleman Masih, a 24-year-old Christian, has shocked the local community and once again highlighted the challenges faced by Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan. Suleman was attacked on 29 December 2024, in Kot Saadulla...
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Aid to the Church in Need Australia (ACN) has launched an emergency appeal to support the Catholic Church in Ukraine.
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Hundreds of churches, monuments and buildings will be illuminated in red light in a global call for religious freedom
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February 1 marks the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar.
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Several hundred buildings, from Sydney to Paris, were illuminated red during Red Week which ended on Red Wednesday, 24 November.
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National Emergency Appeal for Lebanon
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With deep dismay, the pontifical foundation ACN has learned of the detention of two priests who were carrying out their ministry since February 2022 in the Russian-occupied port city of Berdiansk, in south-eastern Ukraine.
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ACN's Prayer Campaign was a success!
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In response to the unprecedented attacks on Africa carried out by Islamic extremists, the pontifical foundation ACN International has approved aid amounting to more than twelve million AUD for Christians in Africa.
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With 54 years of service in a rural parish in the Diocese of Guaranda, Ecuador, Salesian Fr Antonio Polo has changed the region through his pastoral and spiritual labours, but also, with the help of the local population, through business ventures such as...
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has made an urgent appeal for prayer and financial support for the Christian community and all residents of Aleppo, Syria.
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