Aid to the Church in Need

January 23, 2015

Christianity's survival in Mideast highly unlikely

Aid to the Church in Need spokesperson Marie Claude Lalonde, right, speaks with Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine. Lalonde says that in 60 per cent of countries around the world, religious liberty is compromised.

MONTREAL - The long-term survival of Christianity in the Middle East is threatened and “humanity in the region where Christianity was born will not be the same without it,” a spokesman for Aid to the Church in Need told a seminar in Montreal this week.

Published in Canada

November 15, 2014

Religious freedom ‘of concern’ in Canada

Iraqi Christians and supporters marched for religious freedom through the streets of downtown Toronto Aug. 10. Despite relative freedom, controversy over Quebec’s proposed secular charter in 2013 prompted Aid to the Church in Need to designate Canada a country of concern for religious freedom.

Canada has been rated a country “of concern” in the latest “Religious Freedom in the World” report issued by the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need.

Published in Canada

November 5, 2014

Christian persecution gains notice from Prince Charles, Catholic group

MANCHESTER, England - The heir to the British throne suggested that Islamic leaders must speak out against the persecution of Christians by Muslims if they are to guarantee freedom within their own countries.

Published in International