Home » Projects » A vehicle for pastoral work in Algeria

A vehicle for pastoral work in Algeria

In Algeria, the birthplace of Saint Augustine, there are only around 5,000 Catholics living today. Algeria, in Northwest Africa, is today the largest country in Africa, with an area of almost 930,000 square miles (2.38 million km²) – around one quarter the size of the United States! 97% of its 36.5 million inhabitants are Muslims, and the few Christians who live in the country are widely scattered. Moreover, they have to tread very carefully, in order not to risk being accused of proselytising among the Muslim majority.

Father Paul-Elie Cheknoun is a young Algerian priest, ordained only in 2016. He grew up in Algeria, though he trained for the priesthood in France. After his ordination, his French bishop sent him to Algeria in response to a request from the Archbishop of Algiers, who needed a priest to serve the Catholic faithful there.

 

A vehicle for pastoral work in Argelia
Father Paul-Elie Cheknoun

Father Paul has to cover very long distances in order to reach his Catholic faithful. Consequently, he has urgent need of a suitable vehicle and has turned to ACN to help. He writes: „By helping me you will be helping the Christians of Algeria, to whom I have dedicated my life.“ We have promised him a suitable vehicle.

Don't miss the latest updates!

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

Religious and public leaders will be gathering on October 21…

Papal envoy carries solidarity to the Christians of war-torn Sudan

Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan, Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, has…

In the east of Burkina Faso, still many problems as term starts

While the security situation in Burkina Faso has improved slightly,…

From Angola to Vietnam, enthusiasm with “One million children praying the Rosary” campaign

ACN’s yearly campaign, added to the Holy Father’s appeal to…

Church clings to life amid chaos in Gaza

Aid to the Church in Need echoes Pope Leo XIV’s…

Children prepare to send “tidal wave of prayer” around the world

Responds to the ever-pressing yearning for peace and unity in…

Iraq: Ecumenical festival points to future for persecuted Church

Today, the very same communities will raise the Cross high…

List of News

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

Religious and public leaders will be gathering on October 21 at the Pontifical Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome for the worldwide presentation of the latest edition of the Report on...

Papal envoy carries solidarity to the Christians of war-torn Sudan

Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan, Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, has just completed a diplomatic mission through the region’s most badly affected by the current civil war in Sudan. Over several...

In the east of Burkina Faso, still many problems as term starts

While the security situation in Burkina Faso has improved slightly, some regions are still suffering from terrorism and misery. On the eve of the new school term, young people are...