Statement of the international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on the incarceration of 83-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy
News 10 Dec 2020
Statement of the international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on the incarceration of 83-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy

The executive president of ACN International, Dr Thomas Heine-Geldern, has released the following statement:

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Iraq Church welcomes 2021 papal visit
News 08 Dec 2020
Iraq Church welcomes 2021 papal visit

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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MALI : The blessing of the great silence
News 07 Dec 2020
MALI : The blessing of the great silence

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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A poor Church in a rich country
News 04 Dec 2020
A poor Church in a rich country

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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Red Wednesday
News 25 Nov 2020
Red Wednesday

A day to stand up for persecuted Christians!

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Dayton Accords did not achieve stable peace
News 24 Nov 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Dayton Accords did not achieve stable peace

Bishops condemn corruption and the unjust treatment of Catholics.

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In the times of the pandemic, Mass intentions come to those in need like the help of the Good Samaritan
News 24 Nov 2020
In the times of the pandemic, Mass intentions come to those in need like the help of the Good Samaritan

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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Set Your Captives Free - New Report on Persecuted Christians
News 24 Nov 2020
Set Your Captives Free - New Report on Persecuted Christians

This new report highlights innocent Christians held against their will.

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SYRIA: Together we can put a smile on the children's faces
News 24 Nov 2020
SYRIA: Together we can put a smile on the children's faces

ACN will be donating 25,000 anoraks for Syrian children this Christmas.

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Nigeria:  danger of stigmatization against the Fulani
News 19 Nov 2020
Nigeria: danger of stigmatization against the Fulani

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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We have to rise again from the ruins
News 18 Nov 2020
We have to rise again from the ruins

ACN is helping to rebuild the sisters’ convent on the ninth floor of the hospital building.

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ARMENIA: The war is exposing the hypocrisy of many governments
News 16 Nov 2020
ARMENIA: The war is exposing the hypocrisy of many governments

"The Armenian people have always come back again from the midst of indescribable calamities."

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The Syrian people have been brutally driven into poverty
News 13 Nov 2020
The Syrian people have been brutally driven into poverty

An Interview with Jesuit Antoine Audo, the Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo in Syria.

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The demographic changes cannot detract from the importance of the existence of the Christian communities in the Middle East
News 12 Nov 2020
The demographic changes cannot detract from the importance of the existence of the Christian communities in the Middle East

Maria Lozano, head of press and information at the charity’s international headquarters, spoke to Father Raymond Abdo, the provincial of the discalced Carmelite Fathers in Lebanon, to find out more about the life of the Christians in this country.

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Our mission is to bring light into the darkness we are living through
News 12 Nov 2020
Our mission is to bring light into the darkness we are living through

ACN supports the reconstruction of the Church of Saint Saviour in Beirut.

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MOZAMBIQUE: ACN announces $160,000 aid to alleviate the emergency in the country
News 11 Nov 2020
MOZAMBIQUE: ACN announces $160,000 aid to alleviate the emergency in the country

New massacres by jihadists – the number of refugees is growing daily.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: The violence continues to escalate
News 06 Nov 2020
Democratic Republic of the Congo: The violence continues to escalate

"I am here as a witness of the torment of a people, my people, who are asking only for the right to live in dignity." - The Archbishop of Kinshasa.

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Pakistan: Abducted Christian girl safe
News 05 Nov 2020
Pakistan: Abducted Christian girl safe

“We hope that justice will prevail at the next court hearings."

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