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The Christian residents of the south Lebanese border town of Yaroun fear that they will never be able to return to the land of their ancestors. Fr. Charles Naddaf, the parish priest of the local Melkite Greek Catholic church, spoke to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the community’s concerns. “Yaroun is deeply wounded,” says Fr. Naddaf of the Parish of Saint George. On May 1, 2026, the parish hall, which was serving as a makeshift church, was ...

Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart believed that had it not been for the care of God the Christians of Syria would have been wiped out during the civil war. It was with sadness that Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) learned of the death of its long-time project partner Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart, aged 83, on Saturday May 9. He was the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria, from 1995 to 2021. ACN had a long-standing relationship with the ...

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 29, His Beatitude Amel Shamon Nona will be officially installed at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Baghdad. Before returning to Iraq to lead the Chaldean Catholic Church, the newly elected Patriarch spoke with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) ...

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 image of Jerusalem as a vibrant heart of Christianity contrasts sharply with the reality experienced today by the faithful. In a powerful address to the national directors and representatives of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Benedictine Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel offered a stark portrait ...

People are feeling “scared, angry and sad” after more than 100 bombs fell across Beirut in a single night shattering any remaining sense of safety for those who remain living in their homes, an aid worker has said. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a massive wave of strikes on Beirut on April 8, killing at least 254 people and injuring more than 2,000. Following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire with Iran on April 7, Israel’s prime minister, ...

Faced with the pending withdrawal of the Lebanese Army from the south of the country, Christians who are attached to their land have expressed their concern about the future. Four Christian municipalities in southern Lebanon – Alma Sha’b, Rmeich, Debel, and Aïn Ebel – expressed their “deep concern” regarding the beginning of the Lebanese Army’s withdrawal from a number of border localities, which could have “serious security repercussions.” The signatories of a March 31 statement are determined to remain on ...