Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad cannot shake the images from his visit to the flood-affected Catholic village of Mariamnagar, in southern Sindh province.
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With a long experience of persecution, the Christians of Baghdeda (Qaraqosh) know that the bad times might return, but they believe that “a Church that is not persecuted is a Church that does not carry Christ”.
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On September 30, the Church celebrates the memory of Saint Jerome, a doctor of the Church who translated the Bible into Latin.
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In the wake of the murder of an Italian nun, the Bishop of Pemba, where the Islamist insurgency began, says that poverty and corruption are at the root of the problem.
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The Bishop of Mamfe asks for prayers for the release of nine kidnapped religious and laypeople.
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Pakistanis are grateful for Church help as the worst flooding in 30 years leaves many citizens with nothing.
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Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai compared Lebanon to a sick person who refuses treatment and so continues to get worse. Action is required, he claims, if the country is to continue to fulfil its prophetic role in the Middle East.
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Thursday 15 September, Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, will mark the end of the “Console your People” initiative, to beg for peace in Syria and for the protection of all Christians in that country, which was promoted by ACN.
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“How can we keep the spirit of Assisi alive?” asks Almaty bishop.
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With over a thousand dead, and many more in great need, the Church has mobilised to help victims of flooding in Pakistan.
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On the night of Tuesday 6 September an Italian religious sister, aged 83, was brutally murdered in an armed attack on the Chipene mission in the diocese of Nacala.
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Pakistan flood victims are to receive help from ACN in response to dire calls for emergency support.
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More than 1,700 young people from all corners of Iraq are converging for the largest Christian youth festival of its kind to be held in the country.
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The international ecclesiastical assistant of ACN talks about the focus areas of the charity.
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During a visit to the international headquarters of ACN, in Germany, Father Honoré Quedraogo, a priest from the diocese of Tenkodogo, in east-central Burkina Faso, spoke of the situation his country is currently facing.
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Kharkiv is a huge city, with a population of 1.7 million before the war, and now only about 20 km from the front line.
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In light of the situation facing the Church in Nicaragua ACN wishes to express its fraternity, friendship and communion in regard to the sad and painful situation suffered by the clergy and the whole Church in Nicaragua.
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During a visit to the headquarters of pontifical charity ACN, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, of the Diocese of Karonga, in Malawi, highlights the vibrancy of the African Church, and speaks about both the success stories and the struggles of the young diocese.
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22 August - International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.
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