Amy Balog, Author at Catholic Herald

Amy Balog

Terrorists murder catechist in Burkina Faso

April 20, 2024

A catechist has been abducted and killed by suspected terrorists in Fada N’gourma, east Burkina Faso. Edouard Yougbare’s lifeless body was discovered in Saatenga parish yesterday, according to local reports received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). John Pontifex of ACN (UK) said: “Edouard gave his life on the front line

The Persecuted Church: Is Britain doing enough to help beleaguered Christians in Pakistan?

March 03, 2024

“I will die but I will not let you go in” – these were the last words of Akash Bashir, a young man who saved the lives of more than a thousand worshippers nine years ago, on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The 20-year-old volunteer security guard sacrificed himself when he blocked a suicide bomber

Don’t forget to help desperate Ukraine clergy, says bishop

February 24, 2024

Desperate Ukrainian families torn apart by the war look to the Church for support – but the clergy are also under huge pressure and need urgent help – according to a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Speaking on the eve of the second anniversary of the conflict, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, Head of

Ukraine Catholic leader counts costs of two years of war

February 16, 2024

In the run-up to the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine, one of the country’s most senior Catholic leaders has described how the Church is overwhelmed with trying to support families tormented and broken by the conflict. Speaking at a conference organised by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Major Archbishop

Thirty Christians killed in Israel’s war with Hamas, say church sources

February 09, 2024

A total of 30 Christians have lost their lives because of the conflict in Gaza, according to Church sources. Out of about 1,000 Christians remaining, 19 were killed by military action and 11 died because of a lack of medical care in the four months since the war began. Two women were shot dead by

Survivors of Nigerian Christmas Eve massacre still sheltering at Catholic church

January 24, 2024

None of the perpetrators of a deadly set of coordinated attacks on dozens of Christian communities in Nigeria’s Plateau State have been held to account despite four weeks having passed since the Christmas Eve massacre. The death toll is now more than 300, with hundreds more injured, according to Father Andrew Dewan, director of communications

Ongoing conflict in Ukraine: the Church offers hope amid the desolation of war

December 07, 2023

“Many children have met God here for the first time,” catechist Ivanka Fedorak told me during my recent trip to western Ukraine. I was there with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) to visit some projects helping people fleeing the war. “When the children arrived, they seemed frightened,” Ivanka said. “I have seen them

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