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Four Christians killed, villages razed in fresh attack in Mozambique
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An estimated 128,000 people have had to flee the affected region, according to UN estimates. At least four Christians were murdered by jihadists in northern ...
New mass abduction of schoolgirls in northern Nigeria
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The attack represents “a major blow to the education of young girls, which is already quite rare in these parts of the country,” say local ...
Nigeria: Priest abducted in the Archdiocese of Kaduna
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The west African nation has been classified as suffering from severe, systematic, and ongoing religious freedom violations. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has ...
Four Motorcycles for Priests in Burkina Faso
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The Diocese of Tenkodogo was founded just 13 years ago and is therefore still slowly becoming established. It covers an area of just under 4,000 square miles, which is bigger than many ...
Papal envoy carries solidarity to the Christians of war-torn Sudan
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Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan, Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, has just completed a diplomatic mission through the places in the region most badly affected by ...
Mass Stipends for Missionaries in Ethiopia
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Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic state. In the Horn of Africa, no fewer than 80 different ethnic groups live together, speaking as many different languages. And ...
Help to Repair and Extend a Church in Zambia
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The Spiritans, or Holy Ghost Missionaries, have been working in Zambia since 1971. The congregation sends its priests wherever pastoral work is particularly difficult, especially ...
ACN denounces new massacre in Ntoyo as situation in eastern Congo deteriorates
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International Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deep concern for and solidarity with the families of the victims of a ...
Bishop denounces illegal occupation of Church land in Mozambique
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Church property has been vandalized, and so far, authorities have failed to act. Archbishop Inácio Saure of Nampula, Mozambique held a press conference on Wednesday, ...
Priest’s murder shocks Sierra Leone
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Fr. Augustine Amadu was a friend of Aid to the Church in Need, and his death is a tragic loss for the Church in the ...