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ACN distributing 10,000 free copies of “YOUCAT Confession” to participants of the Youth Jubilee in Rome
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A gift to young pilgrims: The sacrament of confession as a way to conversion. The Circus Maximus in Rome will be hosting one of the ...
Gaza pastor and Holy Land cardinal issue urgent plea following attack on church
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has received a new and moving testimony from Gaza, following the July 17 attack on the Catholic Church ...
Dozens killed in another church massacre in DR Congo
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At least 40 people, including many children, were killed in a massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the early hours of Sunday, ...
Humanitarian crisis in Suwayda: Church turned into emergency shelter
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The situation in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda, where fighting between different ethnic and religious communities has caused widespread bloodshed and suffering, remains dire. ...
Nigeria: Kidnapped priest, Father Alphonsus Afina, freed along with ten female hostages
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International joyfully announces the release of Fr. Alphonsus Afina, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria, who ...
US human rights panel finds ongoing religious freedom violations in Nigeria
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Religious communities in Nigeria are facing ongoing, systematic, and egregious violations of their ability to practice their faith, says a US human rights monitor. A ...
Parish priest after attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church: “Everything happened in seconds”
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The Church of the Holy Family, the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, was hit last Thursday, July 17, in an attack that left ...
Attack on Catholic parish in Gaza: 3 people killed, pastor injured
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The Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza was severely damaged today in what is thought to have been an Israeli military strike. According ...
Nigerian minor seminary attacked: Security guard killed, three students kidnapped
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) strongly condemns the violent attack perpetrated on July 10, 2025 against the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivhianokpodi, Diocese ...
New Wave of Violence Against Christian Communities in Syria: Church Attacked and Bomb Plot Foiled
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The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need received alarming reports of a series of attacks targeting Christian communities in different regions of Syria, ...