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This year alone, five priests and two religious sisters have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Besides Father Sylvester Okechukwu, who was murdered, two remain missing, while ...

Over 70 bodies were found in a Protestant church in a village in Lubero, North Kivu, according to local sources contacted by the international Catholic ...

Although the country now enjoys a fragile peace, there is still insecurity, leading bishops in the Central African Republic to ask the international community not ...

Many people were killed in a recent series of attacks in the parish of Tansila, in the Diocese of Nouna. Father Jean-Pierre Keita, a young ...

To commemorate World Radio Day on February 13th, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is highlighting its ongoing support for Catholic radio, an essential ...

Bishop Raymond Mupandasekwa told ACN that the Church has been slow to recognize the contribution of sisters to the Church’s work, but that fortunately, in ...

The Christian community in Burkina Faso is in mourning, following the murder of two catechists in a violent attack on Saturday, January 25th, in the ...

Two weeks after the M23 armed group attacked the city of Goma, there is still fighting in the province of North Kivu, in the eastern ...

ACN dedicates its Lent campaign to the persecuted Church. The Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is launching a new campaign at ...