Posted on 11 March 2010
The archbishop of Jos has released a report suggesting recent attacks in his diocese were reprisals for violence earlier this year.
According to the report by Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, the attacks on villages in Plateau State appear to be reprisals…
Posted on 09 March 2010
Georgia’s leading bishop has said it is vital for Catholics and Orthodox Christians to work together to resist the rise of secularism.
In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Giuseppe Pasotto, Apostolic Administrator of the…
Posted on 05 March 2010
A unique center for people with disabilities in Egypt will be undergoing an important expansion of its work, thanks to help from an international Catholic charity.
Thanking Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) for its support for the project,…
Posted on 24 February 2010
Haiti’s most senior Church leader has spoken of his “deepest gratitude” for the help given by a leading Catholic charity in the wake of the earthquake that devastated the Caribbean country.
In a letter sent earlier this week, Archbishop Louis…
Posted on 19 February 2010
The Archbishop of Mosul has warned that a campaign of violence and intimidation threatens to wipe out the city’s last remaining Christians.
Stressing people’s growing alarm, Archbishop Amil Shamaaoun Nona described how a sudden upsurge of killings had sparked still…
Posted on 12 February 2010
A leading Bishop in north Sri Lanka has said more needs to be done to clear the former war zone so that people in the camps can return home.
In a letter to the Apostolic Nuncio, the Rev. Dr. Joseph…
Posted on 05 February 2010
The leader of Catholics in Haiti has described how he is repeatedly reduced to tears when he recalls the day he had to bury seminarians who died in the quake.
Speaking of the enormous burden of leading a largely…
Posted on 04 February 2010
This year, 2010, international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of providing “Vehicles for God.”
It was 60 years ago that ACN’s founder, Father Werenfried van Straaten, began his first great…
Posted on 30 January 2010
Church leaders have once again spoken out against the suffering of Christians in Pakistan following the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.
Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, the chairman of the country’s Justice and Peace commission, and…
Posted on 29 January 2010
The man who has become the world’s youngest Catholic archbishop has spoken of his “hopes and confidence” as he takes up his role as shepherd to some of Iraq’s most persecuted Christians.
At barely 42, Amil Shamaaoun Nona…
