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Survey measures US Catholics’ perceptions of the global persecution of Christians

April 20, 2019

| By ACN Staff

Categories: News, Other, The Suffering Church

|Tags: Persecution of Christians, Survey, US Catholics

More than 60 percent of US Catholics say that the Church must play a hands-on role in providing emergency and humanitarian aid to persecuted Christians around the world.

Aid to the Church in Need is the recipient of the 2019 Path to Peace Award

April 19, 2019

| By joop koopman

Categories: News, The Suffering Church

|Tags: 2019 Path to Peace Award, Father Werenfried van Straaten

“This recognition of our work on behalf of the suffering and persecuted Church around the world is a tribute to the generosity and faithfulness of our donors.”

In Pakistan, state schools are a harsh environment for Christians

April 17, 2019

| By ACN Staff

Categories: News, The Suffering Church

|Tags: Christians, discrimination, Pakistan

“Despite what I’ve experienced, I believe that I will be successful. And when I worry, I recite Psalm 23; I always carry a rosary with me as well."

Fire gravely damages Notre-Dame Cathedral: ‘watch, pray, do not be discouraged’

April 17, 2019

| By ACN Staff

Categories: News, The Suffering Church

|Tags: fire, Notre Dame de Paris

Guided by this hope, as the Easter Triduum draws near, ACN invites all to watch and pray, for the Church in France and for the Universal Church; to watch and pray at the foot of the cross, at the side of Our Lady—and not be discouraged.

Church in Syria suffers ‘bleeding wound’ of emigration

April 15, 2019

| By ACN Staff

Categories: Christians Under Siege, News

|Tags: Aleppo, Christian emigration, Syria

"We have to strengthen the faith of the people, anchor them in this country, and encourage them to be witnesses of Christ, to be the salt of the earth and light of the world: we cannot allow our presence here to become insignificant."