ACN Ireland | Latest News

The ACN Journal provides the latest news about Aid to the Church in Need and our work protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suering and persecuted Church.

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 09/01/2026 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 09/01/2026

Christians call for peace and prayers as violence returns to Aleppo

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 07/01/2026 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 07/01/2026

New Year begins with bloodshed: 50 killed in fresh attacks in Nigeria

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 14/12/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 14/12/2025

Catechist forgives man who tried to kill him over his ministry

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 14/12/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 14/12/2025

Nigeria: 99 children freed reunite with their parents while 154 remain in captivity

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 14/12/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 14/12/2025

Parolin tells ‘heroic’ Christians of Mozambique: ‘You are not alone!’

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 04/12/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 04/12/2025

An uncertain Christmas in Gaza

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 30/11/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 30/11/2025

ACN helps keep the doors of Christian education in the Holy Land open

Brandon Scott 27/11/2025 Brandon Scott 27/11/2025

Nigerian Bishops: ‘Peace cannot be achieved through silence'

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 23/11/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 23/11/2025

ACN Ireland's Week of Witness

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 22/11/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 22/11/2025

Mass abduction of schoolgirls in northern Nigeria

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 16/11/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 16/11/2025

Irish Senator highlights ACN report, calls for urgent debate on Christian persecution

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 05/11/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 05/11/2025

Ukraine: 'We have so much pain in us, but we know we have to live'

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 05/11/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 05/11/2025

Archbishop Mourad: 'The Church in Syria is dying. There is no freedom, religious or otherwise'

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 31/10/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 31/10/2025

Burkina Faso: Two dioceses hit by new wave of attacks

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 29/10/2025 Aid to the Church in Need Ireland 29/10/2025

ACN partners with Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire to shine light on persecuted Christians

413 million Christians live in countries where religious freedom is severely violated

Papal charity Aid to the Church in Need is teaming up with world-renowned Bishop Robert Barron’s evangelisation initiative to raise awareness of the plight of Christians persecuted for their faith.