A young woman from Pakistan who, for years, has demonstrated outstanding bravery in speaking up for suffering Christians, especially women and girls, has been named the recipient of a leading Catholic charity’s Courage to be Christian Award.  Ribqa Nevash will be presented with the award as part of the annual Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) UK #RedWednesday Mass for persecuted Christians, on the evening of November 20th, at the Brompton Oratory in London. Nevash, 24, has been especially ...

Besides the human casualties and material damage, Israel’s war with Hezbollah is causing mass movements of people in a country where demography is always a very sensitive topic, which could cause problems in the future. As Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon continues, those who have been displaced by the bombings and the ones hosting and caring for them are showing signs of physical and psychological exhaustion, says Marielle Boutros, project coordinator for the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in ...

Father Gersaín Paz, the parish priest of one of Colombia’s most dangerous neighborhoods, tells Aid to the Church in Need how faith and music have changed the lives of many children in Cali, the capital of the drug trade, keeping them away from drugs and the temptation of suicide.   “This is Colombia’s biggest misfortune. Crime has become an industry,” laments Father Gersaín Paz, parish priest of Santa Marta, Cali, during a visit to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). ...

With Islamist groups gaining political influence in Bangladesh, Church sources are increasingly concerned about the treatment of Christians and ongoing attacks on Catholic schools.  In Bangladesh, Christians often struggle to find work, church construction projects are delayed, and the future of Catholic schools is under threat, according to a Church source who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons.  Speaking with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the unnamed source said that religious freedom, despite being guaranteed ...

The Amazon, known as the “lungs of the planet,” due to its rich biodiversity, is also the home of inspiring and encouraging stories. One such story is centered on an old truck in a garage in Altamira, deep in the state of Pará, Brazil, which contains evergreen memories, though surrounded by rusty old scrap. “This truck was used during the Second World War, and it came from Switzerland. But over here, it was used in another kind of war, a ...

Baltimore, MD (November 12, 2024) – Today, Aid to the Church in Need USA (ACNUSA) presented the urgent needs of the persecuted Church to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at their Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, MD.  The Assembly opened with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, who, along with Bishop Robert Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, said how pleased he is to have ACNUSA in his dioceses, acknowledging the vital work of the organization and its specific ...