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Bishop hopes peace talks will bring South Sudanese refugees home
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“This peace would allow them to go back to their homes and live in a dignified way, not as they do in the camps where ...
Mozambique bishop calls for calm after burst of jihadist terror
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"So far nobody can confirm with any certainty whom we are dealing with. There were no common factors among the victims of the attacks, who ...
In Madagascar, Church faces corrupt rule, Islamization
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"Yes, the rise of Islamism is palpable! You can see it everywhere! It is an invasion. With money from the Gulf States and from Pakistan, ...
Nigerian bishop says there is ‘plan to Islamicize the Christian areas’
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“When the attacks take place, there are never any police or soldiers present. Quite apart from the fact that the Fulani tribesmen cannot afford the ...
In Congo-Brazzaville, the Church is fighting uphill battle
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A DELEGATION of our organization recently visited the Diocese of Dolisie in the small nation of Congo-Brazzaville, which suffered through Marxist rule until 1992 and ...
Attack on church in Central African Republic kills 24
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“The grenade was thrown from behind the parish walls into the crowd of people at Mass. It exploded."
In wake of church massacre, Nigerian bishops call on president to step down
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“If the President cannot keep our country safe, then he automatically loses to the trust of the citizens. He should no longer continue to preside ...
This Holy Week, a letter from the heart of darkness in Africa
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"Jesus is the Word that has come down from heaven, the seed which fell to earth with the outpouring of his blood and which sprang ...
In Nigeria, confrontation with deadly violence leaves Catholic teen in grip of fear
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"I pray that one day I will regain my self-confidence and overcome my fear and go back to school once again.”
In Democratic Republic of Congo, Catholic laity rally the nation for political change
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At the heart of the protests is a rejection of violence in every form and a condemnation of the self-perpetuating dictatorship of the regime; protesters ...