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Mass Stipends for 44 Priests in Zimbabwe
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The Diocese of Chinhoyi in northern Zimbabwe covers a vast area of over 20,000 square miles – considerably larger than some whole countries, like Switzerland ...
Ongoing Training for 300 Catechists in Ethiopia
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The apostolic vicariate of Hawassa (Awassa) is in southern Ethiopia and covers a vast region of approximately 45,560 square miles, or roughly one-third the size ...
Algeria: The “Son of St. Augustine” visits Annaba
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The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria, making this the country’s first-ever visit from a current pope. Leo, an Augustinian by ...
Mauritania: The challenges of ministering to a community of migrants
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The only diocese in Mauritania has just celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. Bishop Victor Ndione, who has led the Diocese of Nouakchott for two years, tells ...
Catholics returning “in their thousands, not hundreds,” say bishops in Nigeria
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Thousands of Catholics in northeast Nigeria have returned to church in defiance of fear, following more than 15 years of violent insurgencies. Bishop John Bakeni ...
Church calls for tighter security after 10 slaughtered
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In the Taraba State region, according to Church figures, over 100 people have been killed and 90,000 displaced since September 2025. Following a fresh massacre, ...
Catholic Church steps up pressure on Nigerian government over rising violence
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Over the past days, several Catholic organizations and dioceses have issued calls for the government to deploy more military and police personnel to stem the ...
Renovation of a Convent for Sisters in São Tomé and Príncipe
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The Portuguese-speaking country of São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest nation in Africa. It consists of two principal islands and lies just off the ...
Some kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria were kept in cages
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Ongoing attacks point to need for greater security. Local bishop appealing to government for more military camps. Some members of the group kidnapped from St. ...
A New Village Chapel in Madagascar
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Ankililoaka Mission is located in a remote and underdeveloped rural region of southwest Madagascar and is run by the Salesian Fathers. The people here have ...