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The Voice of the suffering and persecuted​

Sister Gloria Narvaez

After four years, the Church continues to pray for the release of kidnapped sister

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"We need to raise the voice of freedom, not only for Gloria, but for all the kidnapped Catholics, for believers and non-believers in the world.”

‘We have shed enough blood’—Myanmar bishops call for dialogue

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“Peace is possible. Peace is the only way. Democracy is the only light to that path.”
Religious procession in Amazonas

A brutal battle against COVID-19 in Brazil

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“The biggest difficulties are the sheer distances and the problem of access to the hospitals equipped for helping the most severely ill."
Father Andrea Santoro

On the 15th anniversary of his murder, a priest remembered

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"May Jesus shine in us—with his Word, with his Spirit, with the power of his saints. May our lives be that wax which is willingly consumed.”
Miara Shahbaz

Britain’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief receives Pakistan girl’s asylum petition

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“In line with Britain’s generous policy of providing refuge and safety to those most vulnerable, I hope that Maira and her family will be afforded the opportunity of living in the safety that we would all expect for ourselves.”
Cardinal Bo

Cardinal speaks out on military coup in Myanmar

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"Let there be no violence against our dear people of Myanmar."
A mural of coomunist hero Che Guevara in Havana

Catholics call for renewal of communist Cuba

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“This people, many years ago, turned its back on God, and when a people turns its back on God, it cannot walk.” 
Sister Annie and some of her charges

Syria: ‘please don’t forget us’

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The world has begun to forget about Syria and that’s painful.”
Archbishop Kaigama

Nigerian archbishop: ‘our priests, nuns and catechists are not for sale’

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"Paying a ransom means putting everyone for sale and in danger, all the priests, nuns and collaborators of the Church who move continuously between the villages, without enjoying any kind of comfort, but always ready to sacrifice themselves for the love of God and His people."
Regina Lynch

Ethiopia is living a nightmare

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“Hundreds of citizens are being killed in the conflicts in the Tigray region. Nobody knows for sure the number of dead, but we have been told that there are priests and church leaders among them. Shops, schools, churches and convents have been robbed and destroyed."
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