New mass abduction of schoolgirls in northern Nigeria
November 21, 2025
The attack represents “a major blow to the education of young girls, which is already quite rare in these parts of the country”, say local sources. The abduction of around...
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Four Christians killed, villages razed in fresh attack in Mozambique
November 20, 2025
An estimated 128,000 people have had to flee the affected region, according to UN estimates. At least four Christians were murdered by jihadists in northern Mozambique over the past days,...
Nigeria: Priest abducted in the Archdiocese of Kaduna
November 17, 2025
The west African nation has been classified as suffering from severe, systematic and ongoing religious freedom violations. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has received an official communication from...
Red Week 2025: A global cry for religious freedom
November 13, 2025
Over half a million people are expected to take part in ACN’s Red Week 2025 as more than 600 churches turn red for faith and freedom. From Vienna to Bogotá,...
ACN expresses solidarity with Cuba after the devastating passage of the hurricane
October 31, 2025
The organisation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deep sorrow and closeness to the Cuban people following the passage of the powerful hurricane that has struck the...
Burkina Faso: Two dioceses hit by new wave of attacks
October 31, 2025
The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deep concern and sadness over the renewed upsurge in terrorism in the Dioceses of Nouna and Fada...
Archbishop Mourad: “The Church in Syria is dying. There is no freedom, religious or otherwise”
October 30, 2025
The end of Christianity in Syria would be a great loss, because “the Church stands as a reminder to every one of the ethics of justice and human dignity as...
“Just like St. Peter, I was freed by a ‘miraculous earthquake’,” says Pakistani Christian
October 29, 2025
Shagufta Kausar was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy and spent over eight years in prison. She recently shared her story at the launching of the Religious Freedom in the...
“Prayer was my strength in prison,” says Sudanese Christian at the international launch of the RFR 2025 Report
October 24, 2025
Mariam Ibrahim was arrested for apostasy and adultery because Sharia law mandated that she was a Muslim, like her father, even though she had been raised as a practicing Christian....