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.

As millions face war and displacement this Holy Week, ACN calls for urgent practical and pastoral support Christians in the Holy Land.

Churches have opened their doors to receive thousands of displaced people, but efforts are overstretched operating schools, hospitals, care homes and orphanages.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Local community leaders say that the attacks follow the tactics employed by armed bandits who carried out the Christmas massacres in Nigeria. Religion is a factor in a conflict that also has ethnic and economic roots.

Three weeks after extremists murdered more than 300 people, burnt down entire villages, and destroyed food supplies in coordinated attacks in Nigeria’s Plateau State, none of the perpetrators have been held accountable.

Regina Lynch, the Executive President of Aid to the Church in Need, emphasises the concerning rise in religious freedom violations globally. However, she also highlights the positive response to ACN campaigns, such as Red Wednesday and One Million Childre...

A project supported by ACN has been yielding positive results in southwest Nigeria, where Christian and Muslim leaders collaborate to promote peace in Osun State. This Catholic-led initiative is making a significant impact in a country known for interreli...

The abduction of priests and religious in Nigeria has become so commonplace that new cases barely register. Although most end up being released, forming a lucrative business for criminals, there have also been cases of fatalities, leaving Catholics in con...

ACN International denounces the latest attack on the Catholic Church in Nigeria, in which a seminarian was burned to death in the diocese of Kafanchan, as well as the kidnapping of another seminarian in southern Kaduna.

Bishop Matthew Kukah, 70, has led the Diocese of Sokoto in northern Nigeria since 2011. He is an outspoken critic of his country’s government for its failure to curb a culture of violence and protect Christians from deadly attacks.

Inspired by the One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign, a prayer group of ACN benefactors made and donated thousands of colourful decade rosaries for ACN staff to take as small gifts to children on their project visits.

During the Angelus in St Peter's Square on Sunday 11 October 2020, Pope Francis publicly announced and encouraged people to participate in Aid to the Church in Need's prayer campaign 'One Million Children Praying the Rosary.'

ACN expresses concern over Palm Sunday restrictions in Jerusalem, Syria and Gaza, and conveys its support for Christians in the Holy Land

January 2026 has brought fresh bloodshed to Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora, including the massacre of 42 men in the village of Kasuwan Daji, not far from Papiri, where more than 200 schoolchildren were abducted in November.