On Saturday fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a legalised paramilitary group.
Read more“Venezuela has become a country of contradictions. Despite the economic and social crisis, there have been recent openings of casinos and luxury car dealerships”, says Luis Vildoso, head of projects for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), in the country.
Read moreThe Head of the Justice Commission sees little progress in religious freedom.
Read moreMagda Kaczmarek has been with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) for 32 years and is head of projects in Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and the Balkan countries. These are mostly countries where Catholics are a minority.
Read moreThe latest case of violence carried out against mostly Christian farmers in central Nigeria left at least 35 dead in Africa's most populous country.
Read moreAttacks on churches, schools, and cemeteries are worrying the Christians of the Holy Land.
Read moreHow the Church is helping to re-integrate those imprisoned for genocide against the Tutsis.
Read more“Papua New Guinea is a distant and mostly forgotten country”, Father Martín Prado, from Argentina, told ACN during a recent visit to the foundation’s headquarters in Germany.
Read moreTwenty years after the fall of the regime led by Saddam Hussein, Christians in Iraq continue to fight for the right to be treated as equal citizens and to live their faith free from persecution. Pope Francis’ visit was a landmark of hope in this pursuit.
Read moreBola Ahmed Tinubu comes from a region famous for interreligious harmony and is married to a practicing Christian. Christians hope he will be an improvement on President Buhari, who has been accused of being soft on radical Islam and Fulani violence.
Read moreTwo priests were abducted in recent weeks in Haiti, a country in the midst of a deep crisis. While one of them managed to escape after several days in the hands of his kidnappers, the other was released on 23 March.
Read moreA moving tribute to Father Imad Daher, who died in the 6 February earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, written by a childhood friend.
Read more“We ask our leaders: Why do you allow your citizens to be killed?”
Read moreThe Holy Father met this past Wednesday with two young Nigerian Christians victims of jihadist persecution.
Read moreChurches in Syria are pressing ahead with projects to repair homes hit by last month’s devastating earthquakes that affected southern Turkey and northern Syria, claiming the lives of more than 50,000 people.
Read moreAt around midnight on Saturday, 4 March, eight masked and armed men arrived at the chapel of Our Lady of Rays, in the village of California, Araucanía, central Chile, and set it alight.
Read more“As long as we can get on our knees and raise our hands in prayer to God, we shall not be paralysed by fear.”
Read moreThree weeks after the earthquake there are still dozens of people sheltering in churches and Church-run schools in Aleppo.
Read moreOn the occasion of International Women’s Day, on 8 March, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has invited two Nigerian Christians to visit Italy.
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