2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (618+ words) When evangelization is almost out of the question, Christians offer society the love and compassion of Christ through social service. Iraq is not the country it was in 2014, when the Islamic State group threatened Christians and other minorities as it…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (471+ words) ACN mourns the death of Cuba's first bishop of African descent. Pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deepest regret over the death of Bishop Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo of Guant'namo-Baracoa on June 13, at the age…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (462+ words) Bishop Os'rio Citora Afonso was a friend and collaborator of ACN, and the foundation has expressed its deep sorrow in response to his death. Two days after the death of the Bishop of Quelimane in Mozambique, reactions continue to pour…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (527+ words) Church in Need Evangelization Courses on Digital Media in Sri Lanka Almost 70 percent of the approximately 22 million people in Sri Lanka are Buddhist, while Catholics number somewhere around 1. 45 million " and roughly half of them live in the Archdiocese of Colombo....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (950+ words) On this first anniversary of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its gratitude for the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV. From the beginning of his…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (314+ words) In 2015, the then-Archbishop of Mosul left for Australia after his entire flock was exiled, following the rise of the Islamic State. One decade later, he returns to Iraq, now as the newly elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church. On May…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (474+ words) Archbishop Kulbokas describes the reality of the front line and the role of priests accompanying soldiers. The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, has described the situation in the country as "very difficult," highlighting the impact of continued attacks…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (888+ words) In an address to representatives of Aid to the Church in Need, Benedictine Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel offered a stark and personal account of the fragile and rapidly shrinking Christian presence in the Holy Land. The abbot, who is responsible for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (512+ words) The local Church hopes that there will be a "before and an after" this visit, which comes over four decades after the last. The Church in Equatorial Guinea is in a state of deep hope and spiritual preparation for the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (318+ words) After Pope Leo XIV's historic visit to Algeria, it's worth asking, "Do Christians there actually have religious liberty?" says a Turkish journalist in a new ACN podcast. Algeria is one of the most oppressive countries today for Christians and other…...