Close on the heels of Pope Francis' visit to Iraq, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and the Catholic University in Erbil have come together to help young students forced from their homes by ISIS to rebuild their dreams.
Despite difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the first batch of students has joined classes as the new 2022 academic year started.
The Catholic charity supporting the persecuted Church around the world is focusing this year’s annual campaign on Christian girls and women suffering abduction, forced marriage, forced conversion, and sexual violence.
The Aid to Church in Need will lead a worldwide prayer campaign, “One million children praying the rosary,” for peace and unity in the world on October 18.
The pontifical agency Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has raised concern over the human rights situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s declaration of an “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” this week.
One in every three countries in the world suffers “grave violations” of religious freedom, according to a report released by the Catholic pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) this week.
