• #20 April 2024 - Letting Go of the Darkness
    Apr 19 2024

    On this month's podcast:

    • John Pontifex gives updates on the ground from Pakistan and Nigeria
    • Fr Shane Gallagher on choosing the light and letting go of the darkness
    • Cultivating a love for Our Lady
    • An update on South Sudan and the 'War of the Generals'


    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    50 mins
  • #19 March 2024 - Reflecting on two years of war in Ukraine
    Mar 14 2024

    This month on the Faith Under Fire Podcast

    • Reflecting on two years of war in Ukraine with both the Archbishop of Ukraine and the Apostolic Nuncio of Ukraine
    • Beyond the headlines will focus on Christians in Gaza and the Popes March video highlighting the plight of persecuted Christians
    • How to teach your children about forgiveness
    • Pastoral reflection on routing out vice and focussing on virtue


    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    45 mins
  • #18 February 2024
    Feb 26 2024

    Coming up on this month's Faith Under Fire Podcast:

    • Fr Shane Gallagher on understanding suffering
    • Wendy reflects on keeping awe and wonder in our children's faith alive
    • Maxime Francois Marcal shares about his recent trip to Congo-Brazzaville
    • Beyond the headlines, bringing stories that are underreported or receive no coverage in the mainstream media

    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    48 mins
  • #17 November 2023 - Journalist Michael Kelly, who was in Israel when the conflict broke out, will share his experience.
    Nov 17 2023

    Coming up on this month's Faith Under Fire Podcast brought to you by ACN in Ireland, hosted by Wendy Grace.

    • Journalist Michael Kelly, who was in Israel when the conflict broke out, will share his experience.
    • An update from on the ground in Gaza from Fr Gabriel Romanelli.
    • Beyond the headlines with an important update from Africa and an amazing story of the power of children's prayer.
    • Fr Shane Gallagher will reflect on managing spiritual and literal darkness.
    • Preparing children for Christmas during advent


    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    48 mins
  • #16 October 2023 - Taking personal responsibility for our flaws
    Oct 18 2023

    This month, the Faith Under Fire Podcast

    • Sr Therese Munumi talks about the work she is doing rescuing children with special needs in Ghana
    • We go beyond the headlines with an update from the Gaza Strip
    • Fr Nicholas will reflect on taking personal responsibility for our flaws
    • with the month of the Holy Souls next month, Wendy reflects on how to teach children about purgatory


    Later, we will go beyond the headlines with stories from the Gaza Strip and Iraq, and I will reflect with Fr Nicholas Grace on taking personal responsibility for our flaws. Still, first, I wanted to talk about how we teach our children about purgatory.


    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    51 mins
  • #15 September 2023 - Devastating impact of the persecution of Christians in Pakistan
    Sep 14 2023

    In this episode: A Political Hero and unwavering advocate for Persecuted Christians, Lord David Alton. Hear from Fr. Shane Gallagher on the elephant in the room that we're not talking about. Wendy Grace goes beyond the headlines to discuss the devastating impact of the persecution of Christians in Pakistan. Also, hear about Wendy's experience of World Youth Day in Lisbon.

    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    45 mins
  • #14 July 2023 Getting the Balance Right when we witness our Faith
    Jul 10 2023

    Hello and welcome to the Faith Under Fire podcast, brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland, I am your host, Wendy Grace; in this month's episode, I will chat with Gwen Layden, a hugely successful businesswoman who has a vibrant and committed Catholic faith about her life faith, I will talk to Fr Nicholas Grace about getting the balance right when we witness to our faith, later I will go beyond the headlines bringing you on the ground experiences of persecution from around the world, But first I wanted to talk about how we glorify god in our daily lives.

    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    55 mins
  • #13 June 2023 The Gift of Motherhood
    Jun 19 2023

    In this month's Faith Under Fire podcast - host Wendy Grace will talk to a young Irish Dominican priest, Fr Conor McDonagh, about his faith, vocation and ministry, Fr Shane Gallagher will reflect on the gift of motherhood and how mothers instil faith in their families, later Wendy will go beyond the headlines giving you news from Nigeria, getting insight from the Bishop of Kaduna, one of the world's most dangerous dioceses. Wendy will also reflect on practical and achievable ways you can improve your prayer life.


    The Faith Under Fire Podcast series is brought to you by Aid to the Church in Need Ireland. The podcast focuses on faith, life, and the plight of suffering and persecuted churches worldwide.

    As a Catholic Charity, we support the Faithful wherever they are Persecuted, Oppressed or in Need. Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Save lives, save souls, save the Faith through Aid to the Church in Need Ireland.

    ❤️ Make a donation to Aid to the Church in Need
    Your kind gift will make a huge difference in the lives of persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

    🙏🏻 Mass Offerings Online with Aid to the Church in Need
    Please be assured that 100% of all your generous Mass Offerings are donated to the suffering and persecuted Church. All Holy Masses are celebrated by a priest providing pastoral care in the suffering and persecuted Church.

    ✝️ Visit the Aid to the Church in Need Website
    We are Ireland’s leading charity for protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.

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    56 mins