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Burkina Faso: Terrorists attack “people of integrity”
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We ask ourselves: how did this happen? Who is supporting them? Who is funding them? Some of them are Burkinabe, our brothers, and they don’t ...
Support for the Benedictine Sisters in Benin
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The Benedictine convent of Notre-Dame de l’Ecoute was founded in 2005 in northern Benin. Originally, all the sisters were from France, but now, there are ...
Mozambique: Christians fleeing terror “only bring what they can carry”
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For now, the main concern has been finding shelter and support for the internally displaced. “They are fleeing villages that are reduced to ashes, and ...
Mozambique: Insurgents target communities, churches
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The insurgency in northern Mozambique began in 2017, but attacks have increased this year. In the last few days alone, there have been several raids ...
Two Motorcycles for a Pre-Seminary in the Congo
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The propedeutic, or pre-seminary, in the Diocese of Kasongo is on the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the population has ...
Sahel: ACN helps Christians displaced by terror
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Given the destruction and enforced closure of ecclesiastical facilities, like parishes, schools, and hospitals, , the Church in the region is struggling to care for ...
Attacks in Nigeria’s Benue State: 500 victims in 2023
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In Nigeria’s Benue State, more than 400 people were killed, and more than 100 others were wounded, raped, or kidnapped, in attacks on settlements and ...
José Si Esono gave his life for the faith
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he stopped seeing José Si Esono as a catechist who had taught them to pray, but instead as someone who “wanted to erase the beliefs ...
Help for the Training of Novices in the Central African Republic and Cameroon
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Even as a child, Jean Thierry Ebogo had nurtured a secret dream – to be like Jesus, and to do so by becoming a priest. ...
A Church for a Parish in Madagascar
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The parish of Ampangalatsary lies in eastern Madagascar, in a region of rainforest. For many years now, the Catholic faithful here have longed for a ...