On the bloodiest day since the coup in Myanmar began, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, leader of the country’s Catholics, has made a fresh appeal for peace in the beleaguered nation.
Read moreFather Johannes Kahn SJ has spent the past decades undertaking pastoral work in various countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia as well as Russia.
Read moreThe Director of Projects sees encouraging signs following her trip to Iraq with the Pope.
Read moreThe Holy Father will pay a visit to the Al-Tahera Church on Sunday 7 March in Qaraqosh, the town in northern Iraq also known as Baghdeda or Bakhdida.
Read moreRegina Lynch, the director of the Projects Department of ACN International, will be the official delegate of the organisation ROACO (a papal organisation for the support of the Eastern Catholic Churches) during the papal visit to Iraq from 5 - 8 March.
Read moreExpert talks about the motives behind the military coup.
Read moreBrother of Shahbaz Bhatti speaks out on the 10th anniversary of his death and Peter Bhatti calls for Maira Shahbaz to be granted asylum
Read more"Now is the time to invest in young people."
Read moreThanks to a donation from Pope Francis, ACN has been able to help persecuted Christians in Iraq in the Niniveh Plains.
Read moreArchbishop Bashar Warda, who will be hosting Pope Francis on his visit to Iraq, hopes for more awareness on the part of the Muslim majority for the country’s Christians.
Read moreBishop Luiz Lisboa looks back on his time in the diocese of Pemba.
Read moreThe situation in the Sahel region is worrying. In the interview below Maria Lozano of the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation ACN, speaks with Bishop Laurent B. DABIRE, of the diocese of Dori, in northern Burkina Faso.
Read morePastor Gideon Para-Mallam speaks to ACN on the third anniversary of Leah Sharibu's captivity: "Break the wall of silence and cry out for Leah Sharibu's release!"
Read moreChurch representatives criticise ongoing embargo politics of the West.
Read moreAl-Tahira Church in Iraq to be visited by Pope Francis on 7 March.
Read moreThe pastoral charity helps institutions dedicated to St. Joseph all over the world.
Read moreReligious minorities in Pakistan, such as Christians and Hindus, face painful discrimination and persecution from the majority Muslim population. A new initiative by the government is meant to put a hold to this. ACN asked Shahid Mobeen, Pakistani Profess...
Read moreThe Bishop’s Conference of the Caribbean island deplores the explosive security and political situation.
Read moreThe Catholic Church in Mali (Africa) continues to pray and work for the release of the Colombian sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoty, who was kidnapped four years ago on 7 February by jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda.
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