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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 ...
Bishop in Nigeria: Government must provide security
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According to information received by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the village was attacked in the early hours of Sunday, February 18th, leaving ...
Central African Republic: A faithful shepherd
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"On the one hand, I am anxious, but on the other, I feel a deep trust in God. The strength to be a bishop does ...
Burkina Faso: Terrorists attack “people of integrity”
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We ask ourselves: how did this happen? Who is supporting them? Who is funding them? Some of them are Burkinabe, our brothers, and they don’t ...
Support for the Benedictine Sisters in Benin
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The Benedictine convent of Notre-Dame de l’Ecoute was founded in 2005 in northern Benin. Originally, all the sisters were from France, but now, there are ...
Mozambique: Christians fleeing terror “only bring what they can carry”
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For now, the main concern has been finding shelter and support for the internally displaced. “They are fleeing villages that are reduced to ashes, and ...