Fr José Luis de Menezes speaks to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about origins of the Fazendas da Esperança, a network of rehabilitation centres, and their connection, to this day, with the pontifical foundation. “Our communities are dedicated to salvaging the dignity of people who have been lost to addiction,” says Fr José Luís de Menezes during his recent visit to the international headquarters of ACN.

Following a thrilling trip to seven dioceses in Chile, Rafael D’Aqui, project coordinator for Latin America at Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), tells of how the Church is light and hope there in a time of challenge and need. Secularism a growing threat in Chile. The antidote is successful evangelism and apologetics which focus on the dignity of the human person, created in the Imago Dei.