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Aid to the Church in Need released its 2024 report detailing how it spent $150 million in donations on June 18, 2025.

Report: Aid to the Church in Need spent $150 million helping Christians globally in 2024

Jun 18, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The international Catholic nonprofit Aid to the Church in Need spent more than $150 million on projects supporting Christians in... Read more

Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025.

Up to 200 displaced Nigerian Christians killed in ‘worst’ attack yet

Jun 16, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Islamist militants killed up to 200 Nigerian Christians on Friday in what international aid organizations are calling the “worst killing... Read more

Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

Papal charity’s pilgrimage to Rome begins on day conclave opens

May 7, 2025

By Aid to the Church in Need

Aid to the Church in Need’s jubilee event, which focuses on the hope they seek to provide the suffering Church,... Read more

North and South Kivu have been embroiled in armed conflict for years.

Locals call for prayer as 70 bodies found in Democratic Republic of Congo church after attack

Feb 23, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

Local sources contacted by Aid to the Church in Need said the killings took place between Feb. 12 and Feb.... Read more

The Catholic Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Minsk, Belarus.

Catholic priest sentenced to 11 years in prison by Belarusian regime

Jan 3, 2025

By Eduardo Berdejo

The Viasna Human Rights Center stated on X that 64-year-old Father Henrykh Akalatovich has denied “all charges.” Read more

Monsignor Roger Landry.

Pope Francis names Father Roger Landry a monsignor

Dec 18, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Father Roger Landry is now Monsignor Roger Landry — but he says he’s not ready to abandon the title “Father”... Read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

ACN report: North Koreans in contact with Christians are sent to prison

Nov 27, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

The report was published this month during Red Week and is an initiative by ACN to draw attention to religious... Read more

St. John’s Cathedral in the Netherlands is lit up for Red Wednesday on Nov. 23, 2022.

Churches around the world lit up red in honor of persecuted Christians

Nov 21, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Organized by the Christian aid group Aid to the Church in Need International, “Red Week” has been taking place every... Read more

Burkinabé soldiers patrol in Ouagadougou after the January 2022 coup.

Persecution of Christians worldwide has gotten worse, papal charity report says

Oct 22, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Aid to the Church in Need report, which covers August 2022 to June 2024, states that human rights violations... Read more

Bombs strike southern Lebanon.

War in southern Lebanon puts thousands of Christians in constant danger, nun says

Oct 3, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Some 9,000 Christians in three villages in southern Lebanon are in constant danger because of the Israel-Hezbollah war, warned Sister... Read more

U.N. Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Aug. 22 marks International Day of Victims of Religious Persecution

Aug 22, 2024

By ACI Prensa

Every Aug. 22 the International Day of Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is commemorated. Read more

A priest celebrates Mass in Sudan before the outset of war.

Sudan civil war leaves no seminarians and almost no Catholic Church

Apr 13, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

The third Sudanese civil war has terribly affected the entire country but especially the local Catholic Church, according to Aid... Read more

Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on Dec.14, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Nearly 3 dozen Christians have died in Gaza Strip amid Israel-Hamas war, aid group says

Feb 14, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Nearly three dozen Christians have lost their lives in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war last... Read more

Finnish lawmaker Päivi Räsänen (right) and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola are both on trial for violating Finland’s “hate speech” laws.

Exonerated Finnish politician and bishop to return to court over biblical ‘hate speech’

Jan 16, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The allegations stem from a 2004 pamphlet about the Lutheran teaching on sexuality, including the prohibition on homosexual activities. Read more

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Almost all Christians have fled southern Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah bombing

Dec 21, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia militant group in Lebanon, began attacking Israel at the Israeli-Lebanese border following the beginning of the... Read more

The Austrian Parliament building is lit red as part of the international "Red Week" in honor of persecuted Christians across the globe.

‘Red Week’: Buildings and monuments across the world lit red in honor of persecuted Christians

Nov 24, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Buildings, monuments, and hundreds of churches across the world are being lit up in red throughout November in honor of... Read more

Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil in Iraq.

Iraqi archbishop fears war in Holy Land could spread to entire region

Nov 9, 2023

By Andrés Henríquez

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda fears a possible escalation in the conflict will end up unleashing a wave of migration... Read more

Children participate in the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign in the Archdiocese of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on Oct. 18, 2023.

‘One Million Children Praying the Rosary’ surpasses 1 million participants for first time

Nov 2, 2023

By Andrés Henríquez

The children's rosary initiative began in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2005. Read more

Workers prepare to distribute medical aid and medicines to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which recently arrived through the Rafah crossing on Oct. 29, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

UN refugee director: Needs in Gaza ‘immense,’ aid ‘meager and inconsistent’

Oct 30, 2023

By Daniel Payne

The U.N. said Sunday that “thousands of desperate people” had “stormed U.N.-operated warehouses” and other aid distribution centers in the... Read more

Palestinian children rest in a refugee tent along the Gaza Strip on Oct. 20, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Church aid group warns of ‘devastation’ amid efforts to reach Christians in Hamas war

Oct 20, 2023

By Daniel Payne

Aid to the Church in Need is working in the Holy Land, including the West Bank, to offer assistance in... Read more