Happy New Year! These are words we commonly hear at this time of year. And they were also the first words addressed by Bishop Juan José Aguirre of Bangassou to all at the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church...
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Coronavirus, terrorism and war – and once again a growing level of persecution.
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A survivor looks back ten years after the attack on Coptic Christians.
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A Christian man in Pakistan will at last walk out of prison a free man – after the court acquitted him in a case that spanned more than 11 years with nearly 70 adjournments.
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“Your support makes the families stay in the country,” states the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo.
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Naz Bano has been praying since 2016 for momentum in the movement to seek sainthood for her 20-year-old son, Akash Bashir, who was killed while preventing a suicide bomber from entering the crowded St. John’s Catholic Church.
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The death of the Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Homs.
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The executive president of ACN International, Dr Thomas Heine-Geldern, has released the following statement:
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Iraq’s Christians have welcomed news that Pope Francis is set to go to Iraq next Spring – the first time any pontiff will have visited the country.
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After two years living as a captive in the desert, somewhere between Niger and Mali, the Italian missionary Father Pierluigi Maccalli , who was received by the Pope on 9 November 2020, recalled his first impressions in an interview conducted by the SMA Me...
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Red Wednesday: A time of reflection and solidarity with the persecuted Church
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Not only is the weather harsh and cold north of the Arctic Circle, but the religious climate is also anything but pleasant at times for the handful of Catholics living in the Norwegian city of Harstad on the island of Hinnøya. Aid to the Church in Need (A...
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Bishops condemn corruption and the unjust treatment of Catholics.
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Many communities all over the world are suffering such debilitating poverty that the faithful are not able to support their priests financially.
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This new report highlights innocent Christians held against their will.
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ACN will be donating 25,000 anoraks for Syrian children this Christmas.
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The Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) interviewed Rev. Fr. Blaise Agwon, director of the Centre for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace in Jos, the capital of Plateau State in the central belt region of central Nigeria.
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