Thanks to the generosity of Aid to the Church in Need's benefactors, a new chapel has been built in a poor and remote village in Indonesia, giving a growing community of 1,700 Catholics a permanent place to worship.

National Emergency Appeal for Lebanon

In eastern Ukraine people have grown numb to the danger of air raids but faith is growing. A bishop tells ACN that “without your help we would be like refugees.”

With deep dismay, the pontifical foundation ACN has learned of the detention of two priests who were carrying out their ministry since February 2022 in the Russian-occupied port city of Berdiansk, in south-eastern Ukraine.

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.

ACN's Prayer Campaign was a success!

The legal outcome shows a “positive and rare” development, since local courts are often reluctant to acquit those accused of blasphemy, due to social pressure.

In response to the unprecedented attacks on Africa carried out by Islamic extremists, the pontifical foundation ACN International has approved aid amounting to more than twelve million AUD for Christians in Africa.

A record 30 dioceses in Australia and New Zealand are commemorating Red November this month, to show solidarity with persecuted Christians suffering increased violence, persecution and human rights abuses worldwide.

“What once was meant to be silenced has become a proclamation – Faith has survived, and hope is stronger than death.”

An interview with the Greek-Catholic Bbishop of Donetsk, Maksym Ryabukha.

The local Church has raised its voice in condemnation and pain after attackers killed 37 Christian young people and wounded six more.

More than 600 young people in the Holy Land have been able to experience a week of fun and freedom thanks to the local Church and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). This year, because of the escalation of the conflict between Israel an...

We joyfully announce the release of Father Alphonsus Afina, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria, who had been abducted on 1 June 2025 by armed militants and spent 51 days in captivity.

The Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza was severely damaged in a raid on Thursday morning of 17 July.

“We feel that we are alone”: Father Fadi Azar echoes the pain of the Christian community after the Damascus attack last Sunday.

For three months Gaza received no aid convoys, which meant that the parish had to ration the resources it has to feed the Christians within and some of the families that live nearby.

A missionary sister who works in the Diocese of Pemba, which is racked by terrorism and deeply affected by a recent cyclone, thanks Aid to the Church in Need for the help it provides civilians.