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 ...

President Trump said that he will discuss the case of Catholic political prisoner Jimmy ‌Lai when he meets the Chinese president on his visit to Beijing this week. “Jimmy Lai – ​he caused lots of turmoil for ​China,” Trump told reporters May 11, the day before he took off for the US-China summit. “He tried to do the ⁠right thing. He wasn’t successful, went to jail, and people would like him out, and I’d like to see him get out ...

The statement comes in the wake of a devastating attack against a landmark Catholic church and compound located in the region of Meza in Cabo Delgado. The Muslim community of Mozambique has issued a statement condemning the ongoing attacks by jihadists in the north, which have increasingly been targeting Christian people and sites. The jihadists who operate in Cabo Delgado and claim allegiance to the Islamic State recently attacked the Catholic parish of Saint Louis de Montfort in Meza, in ...

On this first anniversary of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome, the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its gratitude for the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV. From the beginning of his ministry, Pope Leo has insisted on the importance of accompanying those who suffer persecution for their faith and defending religious freedom. In various messages and meetings, Leo XIV has recalled the suffering of millions of Christians who struggle ...

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) ...

Attack on the parish of St. Louis de Montfort generated widespread panic among Christians. A historic church in Meza, in the region of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, was reduced to rubble during an attack by jihadist insurgents. According to information sent by sources on the ground to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the attack took place April 30 at around 4 in the afternoon, as armed militants entered the parish of St. Louis de Montfort and began to ...