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Sierra Leone: ACN helps Church face trauma after “senseless war”
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A project supported by ACN aims to train 150 priests to be “agents of reconciliation, healing, social transformation, and national cohesion.” Father Peter Konteh was ...
Nigeria: Two more priests kidnapped over the weekend
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Nigeria now accounts for over 80 percent of all incidents involving the murder, kidnapping, or unjust arrest of Catholic priests and religious in 2025. Two ...
ACN help is “like the hand of God, saving lives” in Mozambique
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A missionary sister who works in the Diocese of Pemba, which has been racked by terrorism, as well as by a recent cyclone, thanks Aid ...
Nigerian Church in pain as 21-year-old seminarian murdered by kidnappers
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The murder of seminarian Andrew Peter follows the recent killing of Father Sylvester Okechukwu. In the first three months of 2025, Nigeria has had three ...
Nigeria: Let our children go back to school
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A plea for government in northern Nigeria to re-think the sudden and unprecedented closure of schools during Ramadan is coming from a bishop concerned for ...
Bishop expresses “sorrow and righteous indignation” over murder of Nigerian priest
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Since 2021, the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria has seen at least one pastoral agent murdered every year. The bishop of the Diocese of Kafanchan ...
Walking for peace in South Sudan
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In South Sudan, where walking long distances is usually a sign of distress, an annual pilgrimage for peace is raising questions and changing attitudes. When ...
Priest kidnapped and murdered in Nigeria
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This year alone, five priests and two religious sisters have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Besides Father Sylvester Okechukwu, who was murdered, two remain missing, while ...
A Car for a Diocese in the Central African Republic
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Since June of 2024, Italian Carmelite Father Aurelio Gazzera has been coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Bangassou, a particularly difficult region in the southeast ...
DR Congo: Local ACN sources confirm massacre with 70 bodies found in Lubero church
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Over 70 bodies were found in a Protestant church in a village in Lubero, North Kivu, according to local sources contacted by the international Catholic ...