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A New Vehicle for a Remote and Far-Flung Parish
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Zimbabwe is a landlocked nation in southeast Africa with a population of 17.6 million. The majority of the population is Christian, though three quarters of ...
DR Congo: Bishop calls for restraint and respect for human life as fighting rages in Goma
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Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is in imminent danger of being taken over by the ...
Massacres mar Christmas celebrations in Nigeria
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A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas Day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from ACN’s local Church sources. ...
Mali: Catholic education system in danger
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2025 could be a difficult year for Catholic schools in Mali. According to ACN’s Malian project partners, state subsidies will cease from the beginning of ...
Keeping Christ present in war-torn Sudan
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Of all the current war zones in the world, Sudan is among the least likely to heed Pope Francis’s repeated calls for peace in the ...
Aid to the Church in Need will convene for Global Day of Prayer for Peace in Myanmar
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The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is calling for a 24-hour Global Day of Prayer for Peace in Myanmar, which will ...
Burkina Faso: “When a catechist’s family has food, then the whole community has something to eat”
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The Diocese of Nouna thanks ACN for supporting catechists. Thanks to help from ACN, the Burkinabé Diocese of Nouna has been able to provide six ...
A hard Christmas in North Kivu: “Many people are fleeing their villages,” says missionary in Congo
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Father Marcelo Oliveira accuses neighboring countries of instigating the violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where rebel groups did not ...
Cameroon: It’s not weapons that will defeat Boko Haram, but education and hope
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The Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo in the extreme north of Cameroon has suffered sporadic attacks from Boko Haram. Monsignor Bruno Ateba tells Aid to the Church ...
Nigeria: Congregation requests prayers for two abducted sisters in Anambra
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Two religious sisters, Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, were abducted last Tuesday, January 7th, in Anambra State, in southeastern Nigeria. They belong to the congregation ...