ACN welcomes Pope Leo XIV and looks forward to continuing collaboration

Leo XIV is the eighth Pope under whom ACN will continue to serve the poor, struggling and persecuted Church, since it was founded in 1947.
Leo XIV is the eighth Pope under whom ACN will continue to serve the poor, struggling and persecuted Church, since it was founded in 1947.
In my work I spread the message of the suffering Church, I touch hearts and connect with more people for this great cause...
To assist Christ in His work of salvation, to help Him be known and loved, to help Christ save humanity by supporting the life of the Church...
It’s a harbour where everyone is welcomed in the name of Christ through caring and loving gestures in a context of systematic misery...
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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