ACN STATEMENT: Pray for Cardinal Zen and the Church in China
Yesterday, Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong. According to local newspaper…
NIGERIA: Kidnapped priest killed as another is abducted
Father Joseph Akete Bako has been officially confirmed dead after being abducted in early March in Kaduna…
UKRAINE: Devastated Kyiv seminary plans to reopen – thanks to ACN
A seminary damaged and ransacked by Russian troops – who stole a chalice given by Pope St…
PAKISTAN: ‘I was tortured, threatened with rape and death – but I’ll never deny Jesus’
A Catholic woman held for eight years on death row in Pakistan for false blasphemy allegations said…
UKRAINE: UK charity offers another lifeline to Ukraine refugees
More than 200 displaced women and children in Ukraine will continue to receive food and shelter –…
NIGERIA: Was kidnapped priest tortured to death?
With contradictory rumours circulating about Father Joseph Akete Bako’s fate more than a month after his kidnapping,…
IRAQ: School of hope and recovery
Iraq’s Christians will, on Sunday, pass a momentous milestone on the way towards recovery from genocide when…
SRI LANKA: Cardinal asks pope to help unveil truth about bombings
The head of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has made an impassioned plea to Pope Francis to help…
IRAQ: Batnaya’s Resurrection day
One Christian community in Iraq had added cause for rejoicing this Easter when their church opened for…
SRI LANKA: Cardinal – ‘President failed to warn of Easter bombings’
The leader of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has suggested that the current president let the…
UKRAINE: Charity announces second large wave of aid for Ukraine
A leading Catholic charity has revealed a second big injection of help for Ukrainians hit by the…
BLOG: “Thanks to you my children sleep safe, far from the war”
A mother who fled a Russian bombardment on her home town near Ukraine’s capital talks about the…