A Vatican commission comprising historians, theologians and other experts has documented the stories of over 1,600 men and women who were killed over the past 25 years for being Christian. Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supported the commission’s work, which is in line with its charism. The meticulous research now presented completes that which was carried out for the year 2000 Jubilee, at the request of then-Pope John Paul II.  Pope Leo XIV has invited representatives ...

Children all over the world are once again being invited to participate in the annual “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” initiative during the first week of October, organized by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).  This is the 20th consecutive year of the campaign, which began in 2005 as a small event in Venezuela. In 2023, for the first time, over one million children officially took part, and the same happened in 2024.  Parishes, movements, ...

“What once was meant to be silenced has become a proclamation: Faith has survived, and hope is stronger than death.” Christians who survived jihadist attacks in northern Iraq have come together to celebrate a major festival, which will proclaim that Faith is still alive in the region.  From September 9-13, 2025, Christians from across the region’s different traditions – Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean, Syriac Catholic, and Syriac Orthodox – are joining together for an extended celebration of the ...

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 ...

For over two decades, Bishop David Tencer has been a missionary in Iceland, where the Atlantic meets the Arctic – and since 2015, the Slovakian Capuchin, with his wide smile, has been responsible for the northernmost diocese in Europe. During a visit to the headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), he showed that his sense of humor is a match for the challenges of his mission.   The Diocese of Reykjavik was created in 1968 to serve a ...