Posted on 18 November 2009
A senior bishop in the Holy Land has outlined a key initiative aimed at healing the wounds of religious division and stemming the Christian exodus from the region.
The four-storey Good Shepherd Maronite Diocesan Pastoral Center under construction at Mount Carmel…
Posted on 13 November 2009
The seizure of businesses in Venezuela has led to fears that the country’s radical government may be poised to carry out a mass confiscation of Church property — according to a lay Catholic expert.
Speaking to Aid to the Church in…
Posted on 07 November 2009
During a recent interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Msgr. Ibrahim Sedrak, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Minya, Egypt, took the opportunity to discuss the social and pastoral work being done by his Church in a…
Posted on 06 November 2009
A groundbreaking plan to provide spiritual and pastoral support to Christian lay faithful in a mainly Muslim area of Lebanon is being hailed as a key initiative to stem the decline of the Church in the region.
When the Spiritual Center…
Posted on 24 October 2009
A leading bishop in Pakistan gave his heartfelt thanks to the friends and benefactors of leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), saying that their prayers and support are desperately needed at a time of increasing suffering…
Posted on 24 October 2009
A senior bishop in Sudan has warned that the country could be on the road back to war amid signs of increased tension in the run-up to the long-awaited referendum on cessation for the south.
Speaking to Aid to the Church…
Posted on 22 October 2009
Aid to the Church in Need’s (ACN) new office in Scotland was officially opened and blessed in a service of special significance for persecuted and other suffering Christians.
Dermot Lamb, ACN’s newly-appointed Scottish administrator, welcomed friends and benefactors of the charity…
Posted on 10 October 2009
Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will provide emergency aid to the Philippines as the region grapples with a natural disaster of epic proportions.
Responding to a desperate appeal for help, the charity for persecuted and other…
Posted on 07 October 2009
A group of brave and dedicated priests in Pakistan have described their struggle to provide education in a poverty-stricken region grappling with an influx of refugees from Afghanistan.
Italian missionary Fr. Peter Zago told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN),…
Posted on 06 October 2009
Poverty has increased dramatically in Ethiopia, and many Catholics there are blaming climate change.
Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the charity for persecuted and other suffering Christians, Bishop Rodrigo Meija of the Vicariate of Soddo-Hosanna, described…