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The ACN Journal provides the latest news about Aid to the Church in Need and our work protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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Funeral Homily for Murdered Nigerian Priest

Funeral Homily for Murdered Nigerian Priest

NewsAid to the Church in Need24 January 2023Nigeria Funeral, Murdered Priest, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Papal Visit to DRC and South Sudan

Papal Visit to DRC and South Sudan

NewsAid to the Church in Need23 January 2023Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Papal Visit, Pope Fran, ACN, aid to the church in need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

25 Years Since St. John Paul II Visited Cuba

25 Years Since St. John Paul II Visited Cuba

NewsAid to the Church in Need23 January 2023Cuba, Papal Visit, Pope Saint John Paul II, Catholic, Christian Persecution, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need

Cardinal Pell's Funeral

Cardinal Pell's Funeral

NewsAid to the Church in Need18 January 2023Cardinal George Pell, Funeral Rome, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Christian Persecution, Catholic

From ISIS prisoner to Catholic bishop

From ISIS prisoner to Catholic bishop

NewsAid to the Church in Need17 January 2023Syriac Catholic, Bishop, ISIS, Syria, Syrian Christians, Aid to the Church in Need, ACN, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Nigerian Priest Murdered

Nigerian Priest Murdered

NewsAid to the Church in Need16 January 2023Nigerian Priest killed, ACN, aid to the church in need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Half of Burkina Faso under terrorist control

Half of Burkina Faso under terrorist control

NewsAid to the Church in Need11 January 2023Burkina Faso, Catholic Radio, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution, Terrorism, Islamists

More attacks in Mozambique

More attacks in Mozambique

NewsAid to the Church in Need11 January 2023Mozambique, Islamists, Terrorism, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Forty years of conflict in Senegal

Forty years of conflict in Senegal

NewsAid to the Church in Need9 January 2023Senegal, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic

Twelve priests and five religious sisters murdered in 2022

Twelve priests and five religious sisters murdered in 2022

NewsAid to the Church in Need9 January 2023ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Priest Murdered, Religious SIster Murdered, Priest Kidnapped, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Priest murdered in Burkina Faso

Priest murdered in Burkina Faso

NewsAid to the Church in Need9 January 2023Priest Murdered, Burkina Faso, ACN, aid to the church in need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Catholic school teachers struggle to survive in Lebanon

Catholic school teachers struggle to survive in Lebanon

News, ProjectAid to the Church in Need9 January 2023Lebanon Catholic Schools, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

ACN grieves for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

ACN grieves for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

NewsAid to the Church in Need31 December 2022Pope Benedict XVI

Church under fire in Benin

Church under fire in Benin

NewsAid to the Church in Need21 December 2022Benin, Terrorism, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Syria: "Lord forgive them"

Syria: "Lord forgive them"

Project, NewsAid to the Church in Need20 December 2022Syria, Syrian Civil War, ACN, aid to the church in need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Sri Lanka faces crisis this Christmas

Sri Lanka faces crisis this Christmas

Project, NewsAid to the Church in Need20 December 2022Sri Lanka, Christmas, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution

Pakistan: Helping the victims of forced marriages

Pakistan: Helping the victims of forced marriages

Project, NewsAid to the Church in Need19 December 2022Pakistan, Pakistani Christians, Pakistani Catholics, forced marriage, forced conversion

Solidarity with Lebanese and Syrian Christians

Solidarity with Lebanese and Syrian Christians

Project, NewsAid to the Church in Need14 December 2022Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution, Christmas Appeal

Living in the Holy Land is a “privilege”

Living in the Holy Land is a “privilege”

NewsAid to the Church in Need13 December 2022Middle East, Holy Land, Palestinian Christians, ACN, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholic, Christian Persecution, Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch of Jeruslaem

Syrian Christians Fear Renewed Turkish Aggression

Syrian Christians Fear Renewed Turkish Aggression

NewsAid to the Church in Need7 December 2022Syria, Syrian Christians, ACN, aid to the church in need, Turkey, Catholic, Christian Persecution, Chaldean Catholic