The ACN 'Religious Freedom in the World' report 2023 found that in the past 12 years over 17,500 churches attacked… 2,000 Christian schools destroyed… at least 3 million internally displaced people across Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Considered to be one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian, this Lent we are supporting projects across Nigeria to help them live out their faith.
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“I will die but I will not let you go in.”, the final words of Akash Bashir who sacrificed himself when he blocked a suicide bomber from entering a church in Lahore, Pakistan on 15th March 2015. On the latest special episode of the Break the Silence podcast, ACN's John Pontifex reflects on the 10th anniversary of Akash’s martyrdom
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A bishop in Nigeria’s Middle Belt has denounced the mass killing of Christians by Islamist extremists and militant Fulani herdsmen at an event yesterday (Tuesday, 25th March) in the UK Parliament. Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Makurdi – who is visiting the UK as a guest of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) […]
A 22-year-old Christian man was brutally attacked by his supervisor at the Subhan Paper Mills factory in Sheikhupura, Punjab for refusing to renounce his Faith. On Saturday (22nd March) Waqas Masih was stabbed by Zohaib Iftikhar during a private meeting at the factory. According to reports from the victim’s family received by Catholic charity Aid […]
Your invitation to join us on the Aid to the Church in Need 2025 Pilgrimage York and Yorkshire are at the heart of the English story of Christianity and Catholicism. In exploring York and its surroundings towns: Ripon and Beverley, and the site of the Cistercian Monastery at Fountains we will deepen our understanding of […]
Compliment your Lenten journey with a wonderful Lenten service of devotion sung by The Schola Cantorum of The London Oratory, directed by Charles Cole. St Patrick’s Catholic Church, 21A Soho Square London W1D 4NR 2nd April 2025: 7pm – 8:30pm The evening will feature pieces by Thomas Tallis and Henry Purcell. Following the service there […]
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