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Cameroon kidnapping: ‘What happened is an abomination’

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"May God have mercy on us for this abomination, we should all go down on our knees and ask for pardon for the sins which were committed.”

One million children praying the rosary can change the world

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"We believe that if we faithfully recite the Rosary together, then the holy Mother of God will lead us all as one great family into the loving arms of our heavenly Father.”

Church leaders in Pakistan warn of famine and epidemic

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Rampant illness is also a concern, according to Bishop Travas: “Dengue fever and cholera are spreading. The hospitals are overwhelmed and are sending people away.”

Maronite Patriarch laments Lebanon’s political stalemate

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“Lebanon is like a sick person who sees that he has gangrene on his hand and does nothing, and then gets a disease in his chest, in his arm, and refuses treatment."

Syria: Pilgrimage of the icon of ‘Our Lady of Sorrows, Consoler of Syrians’ draws to a close

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During the ceremony the executive president of ACN will place at the feet of Our Lady a book with a list with the names of the 1,271 Christians who were killed in the civil war between 2011 and 2022.

The Pope in Kazakhstan & the ‘spirit of Assisi’

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The goal is that all religions commit to world peace. We need to clean up religion’s image, recover the true sense of religion. Pope Francis is sounding a wake-up call, not striking a hammer, he is lovingly telling us to “reopen the door to this hope” to let us show that religion is a path to peace.

Nun’s murder triggers fear in Mozambique

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The other sisters had fled together with the girls, but Sister Maria, who was about to leave the house, suddenly thought of the little ones who might still be in the house and came back. It was then that they shot her.

Pakistan: ACN steps up effort to help victims of worst floods in 30 years

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As the official death toll tops 1,500, with several thousand more injured and more than six million people directly affected by the worst flooding in the past 30 years, urgent aid is needed to prevent the aftermath of the rains from being worse than the flooding itself.

ACN will help 200 schools in Lebanon keep their doors open

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"These institutions play a vital role in maintaining relations between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon that are an example of coexistence for the entire Middle East."

Moses in Zambia: the story of a new cathedral

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“With the rapid increase and spread of Protestant Churches, we thought looking for a place in the outskirts of town and building a new church would eventually help us to develop a new parish for evangelization.”
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