Lebanon and Syria: People are trying to survive on a dollar a day
News 05 Oct 2021
Lebanon and Syria: People are trying to survive on a dollar a day

Regina Lynch, project manager at Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, talks about her experience in Lebanon and Syria after a ten-day trip to evaluate the situation and assess new aid projects.

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Church decries “slow genocide” of Christians in Nigeria
News 05 Oct 2021
Church decries “slow genocide” of Christians in Nigeria

The Catholic Church in Nigeria claims that the Christians in that country are the victims of a process of ethnic cleansing at the hands of Fulani Muslims, with the complicity of the state.

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Sierra Leone: "They took God out of the solution when God is the solution"
News 28 Sep 2021
Sierra Leone: "They took God out of the solution when God is the solution"

In Sierra Leone, doctors and scientists who dealt with the onset of the current COVID-19 pandemic adapted some measures used during the Ebola epidemic to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed 3,590 people between 2014 and 2016 and traumatised the co...

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Shahnaz Bhatti, a testimony of a Catholic nun in Afghanistan
News 23 Sep 2021
Shahnaz Bhatti, a testimony of a Catholic nun in Afghanistan

Originally from Pakistan, Sister Shahnaz Bhatti is a member of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret. She was serving in Afghanistan until 25 August, when she was able to leave the country through the help of the Italia...

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Iraq’s extremists emboldened by Taliban takeover
News 22 Sep 2021
Iraq’s extremists emboldened by Taliban takeover

The threat of Daesh (ISIS) and other extremists in Iraq has grown following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan – according to one of the Middle East’s most respected bishops.

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Cabo Delgado: “Nobody asks for martyrdom, but it’s something that can happen at any moment”
News 20 Sep 2021
Cabo Delgado: “Nobody asks for martyrdom, but it’s something that can happen at any moment”

In an exclusive interview with the Portuguese national office of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International), Bishop Antonio Juliasse, the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Pemba, describes the situation his diocese has been going through over t...

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‘My parents were killed by the Taliban and I fled Afghanistan when I was 8 years old’
News 17 Sep 2021
‘My parents were killed by the Taliban and I fled Afghanistan when I was 8 years old’

Ali Ehsani is 38 years old and a lawyer by profession. After a very long and difficult journey, he arrived in Italy at the age of 13; he was all alone. He had fled Afghanistan after his Christian parents were killed for their faith. His only brother died...

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Sister Clara’s dream for the future of the children in Iraq comes true
News 16 Sep 2021
Sister Clara’s dream for the future of the children in Iraq comes true

On 6 August 2014, the city of Qaraqosh fell into the hands of IS. The city is located on the Nineveh plains about 25 km outside of Mosul and was once considered the largest Christian city in the country. The Christians living in this region of Iraq were f...

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Can you offer help from a distance?
News 10 Sep 2021
Can you offer help from a distance?

How the pandemic influences the working practice of a Charity.

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"Our exit from Afghanistan has been a real miracle"
News 10 Sep 2021
"Our exit from Afghanistan has been a real miracle"

Father Giovanni Scalese is a priest of the Order of Clerks Regular of Saint Paul (the Barnabites) and the Superior of the Church’s sui iuris mission in Afghanistan. In a recent interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International), he spoke about h...

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Chile: How young people are helping to rebuild a vandalised church
News 08 Sep 2021
Chile: How young people are helping to rebuild a vandalised church

The Church of the Assumption in the Chilean capital Santiago was one of the churches that was vandalised and burned during the protests of 18 October 2020.

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Taliban threat: Churches increase security
News 08 Sep 2021
Taliban threat: Churches increase security

Churches across Pakistan have stepped up security in response to the threat of terrorist attacks following the Taliban’s return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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Lebanon – the Carmelite monastery in Hazmieh
News 03 Sep 2021
Lebanon – the Carmelite monastery in Hazmieh

The monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the town of Hazmieh, in the suburbs of Beirut, is a popular destination for Christians of all denominations, and indeed for Muslims as well.

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Brazil – a boat to bring Christ to the local people
News 31 Aug 2021
Brazil – a boat to bring Christ to the local people

From 5 to 12 September this year the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary will bring together Catholics from all over the world to deepen their faith in the importance of the Eucharist and reflect on the mission of the Church to make Go...

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Slovak Priest at Roma Minority Mission: We Should Rather Be Their Friends Than Aid Workers
News 30 Aug 2021
Slovak Priest at Roma Minority Mission: We Should Rather Be Their Friends Than Aid Workers

Pope Francis will meet the Roma minority in Košice – the 2nd largest Slovak city – during the papal visit to Slovakia from September 12th to 15th.

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52nd International Eucharistic Congress, September 2021
News 25 Aug 2021
52nd International Eucharistic Congress, September 2021

Many countries are lacking in resources or basic freedoms. In the West we frequently encounter a lack of faith.

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HAITI: “The statistics are alarming, but they are no more than a hint of the suffering being endured by the population”
News 24 Aug 2021
HAITI: “The statistics are alarming, but they are no more than a hint of the suffering being endured by the population”

Speaking by telephone to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International), Cardinal Chibly Langlois, Bishop of the diocese of Les Cayes, described the terrible situation facing his people in Haiti.

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Aid to the Church in Need sees a black future for religious freedom in Afghanistan
News 20 Aug 2021
Aid to the Church in Need sees a black future for religious freedom in Afghanistan

On August 19, the 102nd anniversary of the country's independence from British rule, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the Taliban declared Afghanistan as the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” in its official Twitter account.

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