ACN International - Aid to the Church in Need

Religious Freedom Report

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Religious freedom status

Persecution

Discrimination

Under observation

Unclassified

Main factor for status

Authoritarian government

Criminal organization

Ethno-religious nationalism

Islamist extremism

Unclassified

Main religion

Christians

Muslims

Buddhists

Hindus

Jews

Agnostics

Atheists

Ethnoreligionists

Neoreligionists

Shintoists

Spiritists

Sikhs

Baha'i

Pagans

None

Humanists

Alevis

Jains

Information Refused

Others

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2016

2018

2021

2023

2025

Persecution

Discrimination

Under observation

Unclassified

Increased

Unchanged

Decreased

A Catholic aid organization founded in 1947 to help war refugees.

Since 2011 recognized as a papal foundation, ACN 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 5000 projects in 130 countries, thanks to private donations, as the foundation receives no public funding.

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Global Analysis
Regional Analysis
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Methodology and definitions

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RFR 2023
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