Media Release 16.08.2021

ACN Ireland is launching an initiative stressing the importance of the Eucharist and uniting all 26 dioceses in the country.

The international community is shocked at the situation in Belarus, which is marked by the brutal suppression of protests and sanctions.

Seven years after the invasion by the Islamic State (IS) group, young Iraqis are taking their chances and are moving back to their homeland.

It was a low-key, private pilgrimage. On the first Sunday of August Father Pier Luigi Maccalli visited the shrine of Fatima in Portugal to thank Our Lady for his liberation last October, after almost 2 years of captivity at the hands of a jihadist group i...

Lebanese priest pause to remember a turning point in his homeland.

People of Myanmar: Let us raise our hands and pray

On the first anniversary of the explosion in the port of Beirut, the city still struggles to cope with its wounds.

The charity approves an overall aid package of over 8 million AUD to help Catholic communities in India cope with the crisis.

Damascus, Syria — Christian Hope Centre, a Syrian organization supported by the Catholic Church, has opened its first ever microprojects program centre in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

“I was lost, and have been found. I was dead, and I am alive again.” These were the words of gratitude expressed by Father León Douyon, a Catholic priest from the town of Ségué in the diocese of Mopti, in Mali, after having been liberated on 13 July this...

With profound grief and sorrow ACN has received the news about the death of Bishop John Hsane Hgyi from Pathein, in Myanmar, due to COVID-19.

"Kolay gelsin,” means “may it come easily."

One in every two Catholics in the world are from Latin America. With almost 500 million Catholics, and despite the ever-growing presence of sects, about 44% of all Catholics in the world live in Latin America.

Sister Francine, kidnapped on July 8 in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Province of Congo, is free again. This was announced by her religious community, the Daughters of the Resurrection, to the worldwide pontifical charity "Aid to the Church in Need" (AC...

The pontifical foundation ACN confirms the release of Father Leon Douyon, Catholic priest from Ségué in the Mopti region of Mali, yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 13 July.

The congregation of the Daughters of the Resurrection appeals to the benefactors of ACN for prayers.

“This sad event marks an unfortunate turning point in the history of our people” the bishops of Haiti deplore. "