Stop Blocking Vital Aid
An urgent call to end the block on vital aid to people in sanctions-crippled Syria has come from the leaders of a Catholic charity amid fears that the country’s humanitarian crisis has reached an all-time high. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is demanding...
A Symbolic Meeting Of Peace And Hope
The meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani – one of Iraq’s most influential spiritual leaders for Shi‘a Muslims – on Saturday (March 6) has been hailed as a historic moment of peace. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN),...
Aid to the Church in Need’s Lenten lunch For Lebanon
A Catholic aid organisation has announced plans for a virtual Sunday lunch to raise money for a charitable kitchen in Lebanon that serves more than 1,500 hot meals a day to refugees from neighbouring Syria and others in urgent need. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)...
Court Returns Christian Girl To Her Family
A 12-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan shackled and enslaved by a man who made her marry him and convert is now back home after a court victory. Faisalabad District and Sessions Court ruled on February 16 that Farah Shaheen should be allowed to return to her father...
