Over 1,000 benefactors of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), from 23 different countries – including 25 benefactors from Australia – have arrived in Rome for a Jubilee year pilgrimage starting 7 May 2025. The timing providentially...

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) deeply laments the tragic loss of two religious sisters from the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, who were brutally murdered on Monday, 31 March, by armed gangs in Mirebalais, around f...

Life in Jerusalem’s Old City is difficult for the Christians who continue to live there, many of whom are poor. ACN has been providing help to struggling families through projects carried out by the Latin Patriarchate

Thanks to the help from ACN, the Burkinabé Diocese of Nouna has been able to supply six months of basic food to 30 internally displaced catechists in the parishes of Nouna, Solenzo and Saneba.

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) spoke to Sister Marie Akl, a religious from the Congregation of the Good Shepherd, about her valuable work in the shelter for vulnerable young people in Nabaa, Lebanon, where children and adolescents manage to overcome thei...

The murder of seminarian Andrew Peter follows the recent killing of Fr Sylvester Okechukwu. Nigeria has had three times more kidnappings of clergy and religious in the first three months of 2025 than in the same period of 2024.

Two more Catholic priests were kidnapped over the weekend in Nigeria, aggravating what has been a terrible first quarter of the year in terms of security of religious in the African country.

Following the massacres that took place in western Syria during the past weekend, which, according to available reports and estimates, left 1,000 dead, the Archbishop of Homs, Jean Abdo Arbach, has told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that “we don’t want...

Hundreds of civilians, including Christians, were “indiscriminately” massacred last Friday (7th March) in north-west Syria, aggravating the existing fear and uncertainty in the country, according to local sources.

Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is in imminent danger of being taken over by the M23 rebels who have taken over the airport and parts of the city. As fighting reportedly continues within the city, the C...

The situation for Christians in Syria varies from city to city, according to local sources, and Christians have greeted the transitional government’s guarantees to respect religious freedom with a cautious optimism.

Due to the massive destruction in the Bekaa Valley and in southern Lebanon, ACN emergency relief projects remain very significant for the country.

A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from local Church sources to Aid to the Church in Need.

Fr Guy Moukassa Sanon, rector of the St Peter and St Paul seminary of Kossoghin in Ouagadougou, spoke to ACN about why young men are flocking to the priesthood despite rampant terrorism.

Ukrainian Church leaders have sent Christmas Greetings to ACN, thanking the charity for its material and spiritual support over these three years of war. In their messages they highlight the country’s current challenges, such as an increase in stress leve...

The Diocese of Fada N’Gourma has been shaken by new terrorist attacks in the parishes of Piéla and Saatenga, in the east of the country, causing many deaths and significant material destruction. These attacks form part of a pattern of terrorist violence w...

More than half of the dioceses in Australia and New Zealand are participating in Red November this month to show solidarity with persecuted Christians suffering increased violence, persecution and human rights abuses worldwide.

The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced an international emergency campaign to raise at least 1 million Euro (1.6 million AUD) to assist the Catholic Church in Lebanon, as it strives to cope with the tremendous challenges caus...