On September 29th, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Aid to the Church in Need takes a closer look at Christian migrants and refugees in the Holy Land, where the Church is fighting for their rights.   Christians have lived in the Holy Land since the earliest days of the Church, and they face many challenges now – not only the Palestinian Christian community, but the Christians who live in Israel as migrants and asylum seekers.  Official numbers are hard ...

For more than 70 years, ACN has been involved with refugees and displaced people worldwide. In the face of growing movements of refugees and migrants, the international Catholic charity continues to bring hope through its projects in crisis zones — including the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Europe.  On the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, September 29th, the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) calls attention to the precarious situation of people around ...

ACN projects in southern Lebanon are mostly emergency in nature and are needed now more than ever before. The foundation is already thinking of additional ways to help thousands of displaced people, many of whom have taken shelter in churches.  The wave of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon is having a devastating effect on the entire population, including Christians, and could drive even more to leave the country, says Marielle Boutros, project coordinator in Lebanon for the pontifical foundation ...

A Christian mother of four in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for allegedly sharing blasphemous messages – but legal advocates, supported by a leading Catholic charity – have vowed to appeal the conviction.   Former nurse Shagufta Kiran, 40, received the death sentence on Wednesday, September 18th by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) court in Islamabad. She was also fined 300,000 Pakistani Rupees (more than 3,000 U.S. dollars).   The sentence came more than three years after FIA officers stormed her ...

Father André Poré is the parish priest of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Burkina Faso.  His parish has received many refugees from elsewhere in the country, including 2,000 people from Rollo Department, who were forced out by terrorists in May of 2023. During his visit to the international headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the priest from Ouahigouya – a diocese deeply affected by terrorism – described the refugees’ dire situation and the challenges faced by ...

Vital aid from a Catholic charity has reached flood victims in northern Nigeria, but a senior Christian leader warns that the scale of the human tragedy could be greater than initially feared.   Bishop John Bakeni, Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri, told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which is supporting his diocese’s relief efforts, that at least one million people have been affected by the flood.  He added, “The flood’s unprecedented scale has presented challenges beyond our previous experiences, as ...