Aid to the Church in Need is a Pontifical Foundation: Our Mission is to Help Persecuted and Oppressed Christians Worldwide with Prayer, Information and Action.
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As Pope Leo embarks on his journey to Latin America, ACN calls for prayers for the countries where religious freedom continues to be violated.
#PopeLeoXIV #latinamerica @Pontifex
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Venezuela🇻🇪, Mexico🇲🇽, Haiti🇭🇹 and Cuba🇨🇺 are classified as suffering “Discrimination”, while Honduras🇭🇳, El Salvador🇸🇻, Colombia🇨🇴, Bolivia🇧🇴 and Chile🇨🇱 are “Under Observation”.
Learn more about the situation in each country👇
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Religious freedom is a fundamental right. Stand with those whose freedom to believe, worship and practise their faith is under threat.
Sign ACN’s petition for religious freedom👇
acninternational.org/petitio…
Pope Leo will arrive today in Uruguay, where Christmas and Easter are not officially recognised, and the Church is "poor and free, small and beautiful".
Learn more about the Church in Uruguay, Latin America's most secularised country👇
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As Pope Leo prepares to embark on an historic trip to Latin America, ACN joins Catholics and people of good will all over the world in praying that the trip go well, and the Pope's message of peace and faith falls on fertile ground.
@Pontifex #PopeinUruguay
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💔 Persecution of Christians has worsened in 10 of the 18 countries examined in the report Persecuted and Forgotten? 2024–2026, published by the international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
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Executive president of ACN Regina Lynch describes #RedWeek as "an international mobilisation of prayer, witness and awareness-raising to draw attention to the deterioration of religious freedom and remember the millions of Christians
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who suffer discrimination and persecution because of their faith”
You can help by signing ACN's petition for religious freedom, here👇
acninternational.org/petitio…
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You may have heard that 413 million Christians live in countries where religious freedom is severely violated, and that 220 million are directly exposed to persecution. But what do these figures actually mean?
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Put another way, 220 million means that 1 in every 10 Christians worldwide is directly exposed to persecution.
That is an enormous number of people.
The other 9 in 10 must not forget their brothers and sisters in faith.
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This November, join us in drawing attention to Christians persecuted for their faith.
Find out what is happening during #RedWeek in your country.
Get involved, stand in solidarity and, above all, pray!
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acninternational.org/red-wee…
ACN International retweeted
On Wednesday 18th November to support ACN, YR10’s charity following mission week, we will hold a non-uniform day where pupils are invited to wear a minimum of 1 Red piece of clothing and give a £2 donation for RED WEDNESDAY! @acn_int @ACNUK_CO @BrentwoodRC
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On this day, in 2011, Pope Benedict raised ACN to the status of pontifical foundation, thereby consolidating the close collaboration between the organisation and the Holy See. ACN continues to serve the Church where it is most needed, always in communion with the See of Peter
The roots of #RedWeek are in Rio de Janeiro, October 2015, when the Brazilian office of ACN decided to illuminate the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in red, to highlight the suffering of persecuted Christians in Iraq.
@ACN_UK took the idea further and created #RedWednesday to commemorate all persecuted Christians on a specific Wednesday in November, and this was later expanded to a whole week in many countries.
This year 130 cathedrals and a thousand churches and buildings across different continents will take part in Red Week and Red Wednesday.
Find out more here👇
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