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The YOUCAT Foundation is a subsidiary of ACN. YOUCAT provides Resources for fostering awareness and understanding of the challenges faced by Christians worldwide are also an important part of this mission.
What YOUCAT offers ranges from catechism editions and attractively designed Bible editions, to digital products, including teaching materials, apps and social media channels.
Child’s Bible
The newly revised jubilee edition of the beloved Child’s Bible by Aid to the Church in Need was officially launched! 10,000 copies, with the foreword by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, have already been distributed.
Religious Freedom in the World Report
The ACN report examines the state of religious freedom in 196 countries, runs to nearly 900 pages, and is published in six languages. It is one of four reports on the state of global religious freedom. The others are published by the American Pew Research Center, the U.S. State Department, and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The ACN report is the only non-governmental report in Europe that takes Catholic social doctrine into account
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is the third largest island nation in the world. In some parts of the country, the Catholic Church has only been present for a few generations. Nevertheless,...
Philippines
The Philippines is the only majority Christian country in Asia. More than 80% of the archipelago’s 109 million inhabitants are Catholic. In 2021, the Church in the Philippines celebrated the...
Indonesia
In Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation with 272 million inhabitants, the coexistence of religions has been largely peaceful until now. However, recently there have been increased attacks by conservative...
India
With almost 1.4 billion inhabitants, India has the second largest population in the world. The Hindu majority population often discriminates religious minorities such as Muslims (14.5%) and Christians (4.9%). Church...
Nepal
Nepal is marked by its geographical location in the Himalayan mountains. Many different ethnic groups make up the population. The majority of the 30 million inhabitants are Hindus. About 8,000...
Pakistan
In the Islamic Republic of Republic of Pakistan, 96.4% of the 208 million inhabitants are Muslims. Religious minorities often suffer massive discrimination. The rise of abductions, forced marriages and forced...
Armenia
Armenia, located in the Near Eastern Caucasus region, has been in an armed conflict with Azerbaijan for decades over control in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. In 2020, fighting broke out again....
Northern Europe
In Northern Europe, the Catholic Church only has a historically established presence in Lithuania. There, Catholics form the majority at 80% of the population, but the Church is poor and...
Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq
From 5 to 8 March, Pope Francis became the first Pope ever to visit Iraq. The Holy met state delegates and representatives of other religions, but the aim of his...
Syria
Christians have suffered greatly from the effects of the civil war in Syria. It is estimated that only one-third of the 1.5 million Christians who lived in Syria before the...
Lebanon
Lebanon has been going through economic decline and political crises for the past three years. And the situation worsened because of the pandemic and the huge explosion in the port...
Peru
Peru is the third largest country in South America in terms of surface area. Its geographical diversity ranges from the Amazon rainforest to the highlands of the Andes. The majority...
Brazil
Of Brazil’s approximately 213 million inhabitants, 64% are Catholic. At the same time, the number of believers continues to decline. Twenty years ago, Catholics still made up 75% of the...
Venezuela
Once rich Venezuela has been experiencing an unprecendented crisis since 2013, which has now led to famine. Almost 80% of about 33 million Venezuelans suffer from extreme poverty. Added to...
Nicaragua
The people in the “land of a thousand volcanoes” have always lived with the risk that the earth could open up or erupt at any moment. This also applies in...
Haiti
Located in the Caribbean, south-east of Cuba, the island nation of Haiti is considered the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and...
Mozambique
Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. Between 1977 and 1992, civil war nearly destroyed this south-east African country. The consequences can still be felt today. Nevertheless,...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is four times the size of France in area and has a wealth of mineral resources, including gold, diamonds, ores and oil. Even so, a...
Ethiopia in 2021
The country on the Horn of Africa is a land of many contrasts. Despite strong economic growth, great poverty exists in many areas. In some regions, Islam has become increasingly...