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Meet the world’s youngest bishop
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"As Lebanese we speak Arabic, we are from a certain culture, and we have a special mission in our culture, and the Middle East needs ...
ACN increases support for Christians in Syria
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The newly approved projects cover a variety of fields, from direct economic and food support for poor families to scholarships. ACN will be paying for ...
In Syria and Lebanon, ‘the sisters go to the dark places where others cannot’
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“There is much abuse of all kinds targeting children and women. Divorce and suicide are increasing. ... We heard of a woman who tried ...
Christians look with hope and concern at Lebanon’s parliamentary elections
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“The Church wants Lebanon to be truly independent and the Lebanese government to have full authority over all of Lebanon. We want equality and prosperity ...
ACN calls on international community to help Iraq attain stability and economic development
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The past few decades have been very hard on Christians in Iraq. Economic and political uncertainty, coupled with large-scale persecution that culminated in the rise ...
In Iraq, a new Catholic school of hope and recovery opens its doors
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“We are building the character of the students to be leaders in society, taking responsibility and developing a plan to remain in this country."
Resurrection Day on Iraq’s Nineveh Plains
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The extremists sprayed anti-Christian graffiti on the walls of the nearby Chapel of the Immaculate Conception.The slogans, some in German, read: “O, you [expletive] slaves ...
‘What ACN is doing for the Lebanese is truly great,’ says Patriarch
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"Every day we lose thousands of our best engineers, our best doctors, our best teachers, because the loss of value of the Lebanese pound to ...
ACN activates emergency plan for Catholic schools in Lebanon
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“If we don’t act now, this terrible and incessant crisis will lead to thousands of children being left without education, and will encourage even more ...
Scholarships help cement legacy of papal visit to Iraq
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“The CUE model encourages the whole family to stay and not to emigrate; their children will have an excellent education to obtain work and therefore ...