A terrorist attack in Eastern DR Congo left two people dead and a hospital destroyed in the village of Maboya.
Read moreAid to the Church in Need's Prayer Campaign reaches new record!
Read moreTwo months ago, Maryamu Joseph (16) escaped from Boko Haram after being held for nine years.
Read more“One million children praying the Rosary” will take place on 18 October. Pope Francis asks that participants especially remember Ukraine, and all other countries that suffer from war and misery.
Read moreBishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the Diocese of Makurdi, spoke at an event in the European Parliament saying that Christians in Nigeria need help, “before it becomes too late”.
Read more“The Church has become a victim of the violence”, says Sister Marcela Catozza, a missionary in Haiti. The Italian nun claims that the situation has taken a turn for the worse since June, with churches and institutions coming under attack.
Read moreWith the war entering its eighth month, ACN spoke to Vasylij Tuchapets, Greek Catholic Bishop of Kharkiv about the importance of remaining with the people and the needs in eastern Ukraine as winter approaches.
Read moreFor many Christians in Lebanon technical schools provide opportunities for future employment and a stable environment for local families.
Read moreBishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad cannot shake the images from his visit to the flood-affected Catholic village of Mariamnagar, in southern Sindh province.
Read moreWith a long experience of persecution, the Christians of Baghdeda (Qaraqosh) know that the bad times might return, but they believe that “a Church that is not persecuted is a Church that does not carry Christ”.
Read moreOn September 30, the Church celebrates the memory of Saint Jerome, a doctor of the Church who translated the Bible into Latin.
Read moreIn the wake of the murder of an Italian nun, the Bishop of Pemba, where the Islamist insurgency began, says that poverty and corruption are at the root of the problem.
Read moreThe Bishop of Mamfe asks for prayers for the release of nine kidnapped religious and laypeople.
Read morePakistanis are grateful for Church help as the worst flooding in 30 years leaves many citizens with nothing.
Read morePatriarch Bechara Boutros Rai compared Lebanon to a sick person who refuses treatment and so continues to get worse. Action is required, he claims, if the country is to continue to fulfil its prophetic role in the Middle East.
Read moreThursday 15 September, Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, will mark the end of the “Console your People” initiative, to beg for peace in Syria and for the protection of all Christians in that country, which was promoted by ACN.
Read more“How can we keep the spirit of Assisi alive?” asks Almaty bishop.
Read moreWith over a thousand dead, and many more in great need, the Church has mobilised to help victims of flooding in Pakistan.
Read moreOn the night of Tuesday 6 September an Italian religious sister, aged 83, was brutally murdered in an armed attack on the Chipene mission in the diocese of Nacala.
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