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Nigeria: ‘Break the wall of silence and cry out for Leah Sharibu’s release!’
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"Why is the world standing by and watching as she remains in unjust captivity?"
After four years, the Church continues to pray for the release of kidnapped sister
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"We need to raise the voice of freedom, not only for Gloria, but for all the kidnapped Catholics, for believers and non-believers in the world.”
Nigerian archbishop: ‘our priests, nuns and catechists are not for sale’
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"Paying a ransom means putting everyone for sale and in danger, all the priests, nuns and collaborators of the Church who move continuously between the ...
Ethiopia is living a nightmare
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“Hundreds of citizens are being killed in the conflicts in the Tigray region. Nobody knows for sure the number of dead, but we have been ...
Ethiopia: Surge in violence leads to up to 1,000 deaths
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"The people hiding in the church were brought out and shot in the square."
The Central African Republic is at the mercy of looters and mercenaries
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"In the battle at a geopolitical level the ordinary people of the country are no more than pawns in a game of chess."
Bishop in the Congo: ‘We have been on the Via Dolorosa for years’
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"The people here simply don’t count. They have the feeling that the government doesn’t even exist here. We feel as though the state authorities have ...
In Central African Republic, a jubilee celebration marred by violence
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The 58-year-old Italian Carmelite Father Aurelio Gazzera came out of his room to find himself suddenly face-to-face with two armed men.
As Boko Haram strikes on Christmas, ‘no evil will take away our faith’
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"God will crush Boko Haram in his own time.”
Central African Republic: Bishop asks prayers for peace
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“How is one to show a face of loving tenderness in the midst of so much violence?”