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Keeping the Faith Alive

Prayers for the Victims of Terror in Spain

Please join us in praying for all those affected by the terror attacks in Spain. You may click here to light a candle. If you would like to read a statement from the Director of our ACN Spain office, please click here.

May God's blessings be with all who are suffering right now.

Please Help Iraqi Christians Return Home

On June 10, 2014, ISIS forces killed and looted their way through Mosul. Christians were told to convert to Islam or leave, abandoning their homes and possessions. On Aug. 6, 2014, ISIS swept across the Nineveh plains, forcing 120,000 Christians to flee overnight to Erbil, Kurdistan. Your support has helped care for them ever since.

Today, ISIS is on the run and the Nineveh plains have already seen the return of hundreds of Christian families. Please join in supporting the rebuilding of the nine Christian towns and villages on the Nineveh plains. The faithful of Iraq need your prayers and sacrifice.

Thank you and God bless you.

Support the Formation of 16 Young Novices in Ukraine

The Sisters of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Lord and the Holy Virgin of Matará, who are based in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in Western Ukraine, provide catechetical and religious instruction, organize retreat days and help young people to discern their vocation in life. They also care for orphans and for the sick and elderly, who often suffer great need in Ukraine.

Currently there are 16 young women in the novitiate, preparing to one day commit themselves permanently to the service of God and their fellow men. Can you help?

Mourning in Barcelona "We pray that God may convert the stony hearts of the terrorists into hearts of flesh."	Iraqi Christians are racing against time If they don't soon reclaim their homes on the Nineveh Plains, Christianity in Iraq will be at grave risk
On Iraq's Nineveh Plains, a Christian village is coming back to life "There is water and electricity and the Church is helping us. It is really wonderful to be able to live here again."	In Aleppo, the dead await final resting place "Doors and gravestones were also pillaged and several graves were opened."

Terror in Burkina Faso: 'No creed can justify violence' "Rather than radicalization, what is actually taking place is a slow process of Arabization among the younger generation."	Mourning in Barcelona "We pray that God may convert the stony hearts of the terrorists into hearts of flesh."
Research project honors the martyrs of El Salvador "All of us who fought for the dignity of the poor were threatened and persecuted. I just did not want to be tortured before I died."	In Nigeria, deadly violence hits faithful at Mass "This attack is terribly inhuman and barbaric and we condemn the killings wholeheartedly."

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Church in Need!

Aid to the Church in Need is an international Catholic charity under the guidance of the Holy Father. For more than half a century, we have been serving the persecuted and suffering Church around the world.

Each year, Aid to the Church in Need supports more than 5,000 projects in 145 countries across the globe.

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