War in Lebanon

PLEASE HELP.  Heartache and fear are gripping Lebanon’s faithful as chaos and violence return to this troubled country once more. Christians are again on the run – running to the only place they know will offer solace. Their Church.

The Lebanese faithful, already facing poverty and economic collapse, now face an escalation of war. When they think life cannot get any worse, it does.

Bombs are exploding in the Beirut skies and the Christian population is most at risk in southern Lebanon. Emergency resources like food, water, shelter and medical aid are needed now. Please help today.


We give thanks every day for all you do for our brothers and sisters in crisis. Your support and prayers are vital to our mission and are never taken for granted.

News of the Suffering and Persecuted

June 2024, southern Lebanon.As a result of the war in Gaza, daily rocket fire is taking place in southern Lebanon. According to media reports, areas near the Israeli border are particularly affected.

Despite bombardments, religious sister remains in Lebanon 

Despite ongoing airstrikes, a religious sister has decided to stay in the monastery of St. Joseph in Ain Ebel, southern Lebanon, just three miles from the Israeli border, to accompany the Christian community. “There are still some 9,000 Christians here in three different villages. We are in constant danger,” reported Sister Maya El Beaino of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts ...
Regina Lynch (Executive President of ACN International)ACN Brazil - in the chapel.
during her visit at the Brazilian National Office in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 2023

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls for a day of prayer for the Holy Land

Regina Lynch, executive president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, released the following statement:  As the executive president of ACN, a pontifical foundation that supports the persecuted and suffering Church throughout the world, I am deeply saddened by the unspeakable violence that has shaken the Holy Land for the last year. I would like to call upon ACN’s ...
A short visit to one of the summer camps for young people regularly organised by the Vicariate for Hebrew-speaking Catholics. The camp takes place in the convent of Deir Rafat, Our Lady Queen of Palestine.
Project trip to Israel and Palestine July 2024, Marco Mencaglia, Reinhard Backes

Church struggles to help migrants in “legal limbo” in the Holy Land 

On September 29th, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Aid to the Church in Need takes a closer look at Christian migrants and refugees in the Holy Land, where the Church is fighting for their rights.   Christians have lived in the Holy Land since the earliest days of the Church, and they face many challenges now – not only the ...
Refugees coming from Sudan. The Bishop Stephen of Malakal went up the river Nile to visit various parishes in his diocese further North, some quite remote and closer to Renk and the border with Sudan.SOUTH SUDAN / MALAKAL 24/00122Emergency support for 500 vulnerable returnee households in Wadakona, Manyo County, Upper Nile State.

On the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, ACN calls attention to worldwide need 

For more than 70 years, ACN has been involved with refugees and displaced people worldwide. In the face of growing movements of refugees and migrants, the international Catholic charity continues to bring hope through its projects in crisis zones — including the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Europe.  On the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, September 29th, the ...
June 2024, southern Lebanon.As a result of the war in Gaza, daily rocket fire is taking place in southern Lebanon. According to media reports, areas near the Israeli border are particularly affected.

Attacks on Lebanon “are affecting everybody” 

ACN projects in southern Lebanon are mostly emergency in nature and are needed now more than ever before. The foundation is already thinking of additional ways to help thousands of displaced people, many of whom have taken shelter in churches.  The wave of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon is having a devastating effect on the entire population, including Christians, and ...
Credit: Family of Shagufta Kiran

Pakistan: Christian woman sentenced to death

A Christian mother of four in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for allegedly sharing blasphemous messages – but legal advocates, supported by a leading Catholic charity – have vowed to appeal the conviction.   Former nurse Shagufta Kiran, 40, received the death sentence on Wednesday, September 18th by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) court in Islamabad. She was also fined 300,000 ...

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Formation of 22 Major Seminarians, (2023 - 2024).

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