The Voice of the suffering in Africa

Church property has been vandalized, and so far, authorities have failed to act. Archbishop Inácio Saure of Nampula, Mozambique held a press conference on Wednesday, September 3, to denounce the illegal occupation of Church land by groups of citizens who have built houses on the territory.   The invaded land includes plots on which the female congregation of the Servants of Mary, two seminaries, and the parish of St. John the Baptist in Marrare are located. In at least one of ...

Fr. Augustine Amadu was a friend of Aid to the Church in Need, and his death is a tragic loss for the Church in the Diocese of Kenema and for the whole Church.  A priest was murdered in his parish home on Saturday, August 30, in the Diocese of Kenema, Sierra Leone. Fr. Augustine Amadu was found dead by parishioners following what is believed to have been a robbery.   According to an autopsy, the priest received a heavy blow to the ...

In the ancient Christian nation of Ethiopia, there are nomadic groups who have never heard the Gospel. The Spiritans are working with these communities to spread the Good News and evangelize the culture, which involves dialogue with controversial traditions.  “Every community has its own culture, and of course, their culture is beautiful,” says Fr. Kilimpe Garbicha, speaking about the nomadic Hamar people of the Omo Valley in southwest Ethiopia. Ordained in 2013, Fr. Kilimpe has been the Provincial Superior in ...

According to Mozambican Bishop António Juliasse, the Pope’s message is that no wars should be forgotten.  During his Angelus address on Sunday, August 24, Pope Leo expressed his closeness to the people of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique. Pope Francis previously referred to the insurgency in Cabo Delgado on several occasions.   “I express my closeness to the people of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, who have become victims of an unsecure and violent situation that continues to cause death and displacement. In ...

From kindergartens to universities, many students are receiving an education, thanks to ACN-funded programs in crisis-hit countries around the world, where Christian communities are in danger of extinction.  As a new school year begins in many parts of the world, thousands of children in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Syria, Lebanon, and other crisis-hit countries face great obstacles to returning to the classroom. For them, schooling is often made possible by the support of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).   In ...

On Monday, August 11, women and children in Nigeria blocked a road in protest of their lack of security, after their besieged town fell victim to yet another fatal attack.   Three people were killed, and three others were critically injured, in Yelewata, Benue State on Monday, at around 8 A.M. The town, which is up to 98 percent Christian, has seen the deadliest offensives by Islamist militants in recent months; hundreds in the region have been killed, and thousands were ...