The Italian SMA missionary Father Pier Luigi Maccalli has finally been set free, on Tuesday 6 October 2020, more than two years after he was originally abducted in the diocese of Niamey in Niger, on 17 February 2018.

"The people in Lebanon are people who need love, they need to be cared for."

Obtain a beautifully commissioned set of Rosary beads commemorating the 10th anniversary of the canonisation of St Mary of the Cross Mackillop!

In an October 1 message marking the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British rule, Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto was harshly critical of the country’s President Mohammadu Buhari, faulting him for failing to rein in ongoing violence, much o...

John Paul II told us that Lebanon is a message: "We Christians here have an important role to play in this country, and the day we forget this message, Lebanon will no longer be Lebanon.”

One man's conversion to Christianity

A documentary film supported by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about a missionary living with the Dassanech people on Ethiopia’s Omo River, who works to overcome generations of inter-tribal violence through evangelisation and reconciliation, was selected...

Pakastani girl's struggle for freedom

A Message from Mr Bernard Toutounji

“When one million children pray the rosary, the world will change” - St Padre Pio

Dear Friends,

Messages from our Benefactors around the world

Looking back at almost 30 years of service for the Church in Africa:

“Pray the Rosary daily, to obtain peace in the world.”

Interview with Reinhard Backes, head of projects for the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, after his visit to Lebanon from 7-16 September 2020.

Helping priests through Mass stipends and transportation

Construction in the Middle East

Mass offering to support our priests