Flood Misery Continues in Pakistan

Authorities in Pakistan have been overwhelmed by the number of people displaced by the floods.
According to reports from the country received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Pakistan is experiencing problems dealing with the scale… Read More

Helping Victims and Rebuilding in Haiti

A senior clergyman in Haiti has announced that work rebuilding churches should start in early 2011, but said the Church’s first priority must be helping the victims of the earthquake.
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio for Haiti, said, “First of… Read More

ACN Helps Flood Victims in Pakistan

Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing emergency help to victims of the floods in Pakistan.
The interim relief package will be sent to religious Sisters coordinating aid programs in the northern town of Nowshera, one… Read More

Let the People Decide

The bishops of Sudan have issued an official statement warning that the country could return to widespread violence unless political leaders speed up preparation work ahead of the all-important referendum on the future of the south.
At the end of… Read More

Bishop: Justice Must be Served

A bishop determined to bring peace after the latest violence against Christians in Pakistan has led calls for justice in the case of two brothers gunned down outside a crowded courthouse while being guarded by police.
Allegations that the two… Read More

Iraq Mourns Bishop “Who Was Always Smiling”

Tributes have been paid to Bishop Andreas Abouna of Iraq who died Tuesday, July 27th after a lifetime of a ministry to a Church beset by war, oppression and increasing hardship.
Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Abouna of Baghdad died this morning… Read More

We Will Not Give Way to Fear

Christians in Pakistan’s Gojra city are determined to forge ahead with events marking the first anniversary of some of the country’s worst anti-Christian atrocities, despite fresh violence which left two young men dead.
Memorial events climaxing with a high-profile Mass… Read More

Answering the Call Despite the Risks

Vocations are continuing to grow in the north of India despite increasing persecution, according to a bishop in the region.
Bishop Anthony Chirayath of Sagar Diocese, in Madhya Pradesh, north India said that the number of candidates to the priesthood… Read More

The Chain of Love…

A religious sister in a remote corner of Zimbabwe has sent Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) a heartfelt message of thanks for providing hundreds of rosaries for a poverty-stricken people who feel their only hope is prayer.
Writing… Read More

ACN Completes a Chapel Roof in Nigeria

A bishop in Nigeria has thanked Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) for helping him put a roof on a university chapel – a key part of his diocese’s evangelization program.
Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji of Idah… Read More

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