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Burundi: Forced disappearances and murders
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“The realization that there are people in our country who are cruelly murdered or abducted and disappear for political reasons or other macabre interests makes ...
Liturgical and Theological Literature for Seminarians in the Congo
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Twenty young men from the Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela are training for the priesthood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This diocese, which covers an ...
Killings of Christians continue in Nigeria
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This month, dozens of Christians have been killed in towns and villages across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, most recently around Easter, according to information sent to ...
DRC: ‘Our country is not for sale!’
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For more than 30 years, the eastern part of the country has been subject to violence carried out by 120 armed militias, who fight over ...
Congo-Brazzaville: A forgotten Church
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"Despite its natural wealth, and income generated by exports of wood and oil, the people are very poor, not only financially, but morally, too. Congo-Brazzaville ...
Catechist is kidnapped and killed in Burkina Faso
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The catechist was abducted last night by terrorists and his lifeless body was found near Zigni this morning. According to local sources reporting to the ...
In Africa, sports and advertising push illegal emigration
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A bishop from Equatorial Guinea reflects on the causes and consequences of migration in Africa, and asks for a stronger focus on the fight against ...
Sudan: War leaves country without seminarians
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Though a minority, the Church has always been a “safe harbor” for the population, and at the start of the war, . Now this refuge ...
Support for 28 Sisters in Cameroon
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The Diocese of Kribi is in southern Cameroon, on the Gulf of Guinea. It covers an area of some 4,300 square miles, and roughly half ...
A kidnapped priest’s Way of the Cross in Nigeria
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"I realized later that I had been quite lucky. The driver of the car immediately after mine was shot dead, and if the priest ...









