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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 ...
Nigeria: Memorial Mass for massacred Christians
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Just over a year after extremists murdered more than 300 people in coordinated attacks on Christian villages in Plateau State, Nigeria, the faithful gathered for ...
Motorcycles for Franciscans in the Congo
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Thanks to your generosity, we were able to give $8,543 so Franciscan Fathers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could get three small motorcycles. The Archdiocese ...
Vocations grow in Burkina Faso despite terrorism
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Despite the widespread terrorism increasingly affecting Burkina Faso, and though priests and catechists are the main targets among pastoral agents, the country has seen a ...
Mozambique post-cyclone: “What will become of us now? We’ve lost everything”
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Cabo Delgado was the area most affected by the fury of Cyclone Chido, which swept through Mozambique early on Sunday, December 15th, after causing destruction ...
In Burkina Faso, catechists are the heroes of the Church
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Catechists are pillars of the Church in Burkina Faso, often at risk to their own lives. Despite continuous terrorist threats against them, they assure, in ...
New Chapels for Two Remote Villages in Malawi
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Malawi, a landlocked state in southern Africa, is among the poorest countries in the world. The parish of Benga lies in the east of the ...
ACN dedicates Christmas campaign to persecuted Christians in Burkina Faso
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Since 2015, Burkina Faso, which is around 25 percent Christian, has become a hotbed of violent Islamist extremism. Since 2019, in particular, priests, religious, and ...