The Church’s vast charitable work in India could be at risk if lawmakers tighten the already restrictive law on foreign funding of NGOs. Christians all over India are preparing for a day of prayer on Sunday, June 28, due to their concern over proposed legislation that could have a negative impact on the Church’s mission. The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill 2026 is set to be discussed during the next session of the federal parliament. It includes proposed ...

The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is calling for prayers for the people of Venezuela, after two strong earthquakes on Wednesday caused fatalities, injuries, and serious material damage, and left thousands of people afraid to return to their homes. ACN is sending emergency and long-term aid to the Church in Venezuela, which it has long considered a priority country. Shortly after 6 P.M. on June 24, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck. Just 39 seconds later, ...

Despite the danger, and the looming threat of famine, missionaries on the ground insist they will not abandon their flocks, since they are “living signs of God’s presence.” Hundreds of people have left everything and fled their villages as unknown terrorists ravage the countryside in the northern region of Upper Uele, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Testimonies sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) by missionaries in the DRC show that the situation is causing ...

Pope Leo XIV traveled to the birthplace of St. Frances Cabrini, highlighting the ongoing need to minister to migrants As the United States of America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary as a nation, the first American pope traveled to northern Italy to pay tribute to the  first canonized American citizen. “I am here to pay homage to Mother Cabrini, patroness of migrants, the first saint of the United States of America, born here, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, in 1850, and died ...

Fr. Youhanna Al-Amin died in Kauda, a region of Sudan marked by tribal tensions and disputes among armed groups. According to local sources, the killing appears to have been an act of retaliation after he reported the theft of medicines intended for the local population. The Catholic Church in Sudan is mourning the death of Fr. Youhanna Al-Amin, parish priest of St. Vincent’s Parish in Kauda, who was killed on Friday, June 19, together with a parish watchman and another ...

During a visit to the headquarters of the Spanish national office of ACN, the primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church spoke of the role of priests as “wounded healers” in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine is a time of pain for Ukrainians, but also a time of grace, when many Ukrainians are turning to God, said the head and father of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. “This is the most significant ...