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A New Presbytery for a Parish in Sierra Leone
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There is great joy in the town of Lakka, in Sierra Leone. Thanks to your help, the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor was ...
ACN denounces massacres in Burkina Faso
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Islamic terrorists killed 26 people in a church, many of them Christian. Local sources have told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about a ...
Bishop in Mozambique: “Wreckage is all that’s left”
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Bishop António Juliasse of Pemba, in northern Mozambique, visited communities that were attacked by Islamic terrorists and thanked ACN for its support of the country’s ...
Over 150 killed in one of the deadliest attacks in Burkina Faso history
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The Bishop of Kaya in Burkina Faso calls for a day of mourning and for three days of prayer for the victims. On August 24th, ...
Mass Stipends for Priests in Zimbabwe
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For the Church, Africa is a continent of hope. Not only is the number of faithful growing, but the number of priests is, too. In ...
Haiti: “We must overcome our fear and bestow hope”
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Plagued by gangs that plunder, kidnap, and terrorize, Haiti fights for its survival every day. In the midst of this violence, the Church remains a ...
Bishop from Ethiopia: “The people in Tigray have experienced hell”
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Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin tells the international pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need about the human rights violations that occurred from 2020 to 2022, ...
Leaders in Nigeria accused of inaction amid food crises and killings
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Eight months after hundreds of Christians were massacred on Christmas Eve, and three months after another carnage on Easter Monday, the Nigerian government has failed ...
How a bishop unites Christians and Muslims in Nigeria
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Gerald Musa’s father converted to Christianity at age 12. He could not have imagined then that his son would become the first bishop from the ...
Nigeria: Kidnapped priest goes free
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Nigerian priest Father Mikah Suleiman was released on Sunday, July 7th, after more than two weeks in captivity. The parish priest of St. Raymond’s Catholic ...









