Global Prayer Day for Myanmar

This February 1st, ACN's 24 offices invite people from all over the world to join a 24-hour prayer vigil in a spirit of solidarity and hope.
This February 1st, ACN's 24 offices invite people from all over the world to join a 24-hour prayer vigil in a spirit of solidarity and hope.

Helping Christians in need around the world

ACN is the only international Catholic organization dedicated to the pastoral and spiritual support of persecuted and suffering Christians.
ACN is the only international Catholic organization dedicated to the pastoral and spiritual support of persecuted and suffering Christians.
The Ouakara parish victims were attacked near Bondokuy by two gunmen while returning from catechist training....
The situation is extremely serious, and there is even a risk that the M23 forces might advance to South Kivu....
The locations and those responsible for that persecution may have changed, but the suffering itself, unfortunately, continues....
Thanks your steady faith, hope and charity, you have made a difference in the lives of many people in Ukraine.
Aid to the Church in Need International is dedicating this year’s Lent campaign to the situation faced by Christians in Nigeria.
These are decisive times for Christianity in the Middle East: faced with war, economic collapse and lack of prospects, many Christians see emigration as the only possible solution.

Our Mission is to support Christians in Need

Founded in 1947 as a Catholic aid organisation for war refugees and recognised as a Pontifical Foundation since 2011, Aid to the Church in Need is dedicated to the service of Christians around the world, through information, prayer and action, wherever they are persecuted or oppressed or suffering material need.

ACN supports every year an average of 6.000 projects in close to 150 countries, thanks to private donations, as the foundation receives no public funding.

A Pontifical Foundation with worldwide reach

With offices in 23 countries and close to 400.000 benefactors, ACN is able to support every year an average of 6.000 projects in close to 150 countries.

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