On the night of August 23 to 24, more than 47 people were killed by armed gangs in Kenscoff, a Haitian town near Port-au-Prince. Bishop Pierre-André Dumas, Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference, has issued an urgent plea to the government. The attack lasted several hours. During the “night of terror” from August 23 to 24, armed gangs attacked, among other locations, an evangelical church sheltering displaced people who had fled violence in Kenscoff, a town of around 50,000 residents situated ...

The Christian community has seen discrimination rise but remains firm in the faith in the land of Christianity’s roots. The situation in Syria remains unstable almost two years after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the rise to power of President Ahmed al-Sharaa. During a recent visit to Spain, Fr. Fadi Azar, a Franciscan from the Custody of the Holy Land who is originally from Syria and is currently serving in Aleppo, spoke to Aid to the Church in Need ...

The Catholic Church is at the forefront of efforts to help victims of the earthquake that struck one of the most densely Christian islands of Indonesia. The Indonesian island of Flores was recently struck by a severe earthquake that registered at 7.7 on the Richter scale. The August 15 earthquake caused at least 70 deaths, injured over 1,000 people, and left tens of thousands displaced. “Although Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world in demographic terms, the island ...

In Lebanon today, organizing a few days of activities for children and young people has become an obstacle course. But for the local Church, these camps are more necessary than ever. This summer, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is funding 61 camps in different regions of Lebanon, benefiting 7,465 children and young people. Local dioceses, parishes, and Church movements are responsible for organizing the camps and accompanying the participants. The initiative forms part of an ...

Maksym Ryabukha is a war-zone bishop. Half of the diocese he leads — the Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine — is occupied by the Russian army, making it impossible for him to carry out his ministry. But Ryabukha, who is an Archepiscopal Exarch in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, insisted that he continues to see “constant signs of hope,” even amid the destruction caused by the ongoing war. The 46-year-old Salesian prelate pointed to the fidelity of his priests serving on ...

Northern Nigeria usually appears in the news because of violence, kidnappings, or interreligious conflicts. However, in the midst of that reality, there are also many experiences of peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims. Bishop Gerald Musa of the Diocese of Katsina believes that the greatest challenge is not religious difference, but the insecurity and lack of justice that affect all of society. The bishop explained his positions in a conversation with pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) ...