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Nigeria: “At last, killers have been held to account,” says bishop
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Bishop Jude Arogundade thanked ACN for its campaign on behalf of survivors, who “will always carry the scars of what happened that day.” The bishop ...
Pope and African bishops decry death of Mozambican prelate
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Bishop Osório Citora Afonso was a friend and collaborator of ACN, and the foundation has expressed its deep sorrow in response to his death. Two ...
Mozambique: Bishop shot dead at his residence
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Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C., of Quelimane, Mozambique, was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday, June 6, and his body was found in ...
Nigeria: Suspects arrested in Catholic school kidnapping
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“The families will be relieved and happy to hear that those who planned the abduction of their children have been arrested. This is truly good ...
Two Motorcycles for Two Young Priests
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The Diocese of Fada N’Gourma lies in eastern Burkina Faso. The diocese itself is vast – with an area of over 18,250 square miles – ...
Jihadists trying to establish a caliphate in northern Mozambique, says bishop
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Villagers in Cabo Delgado used to be united despite their religious diversity, but lately, religion has become a dividing factor, reports Bishop António Juliasse. The ...
DRC: When the people hear the church bells, they know there is life in the village
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The residents of eastern Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), feel abandoned by the international community. But they know that if they flee, ...
Remembering Sudan: A responsibility that we must all bear
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A missionary warns that people have forgotten about Sudan, a country currently experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, due to a three-year-long civil ...
The Training of 50 Seminarians in Mozambique
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Africa is a continent of hope for the Catholic Church. Worldwide, one in every five Catholics now comes from the African continent, as does one ...
A Vehicle for a Vast Rural Parish in the Central African Republic
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Over 70 small villages widely scattered across the African bush belong to the parish of St. Michael in Bozoum, in the northwest of the Central ...