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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 ...
New Year begins with bloodshed: 50 killed in attacks in Nigeria
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The New Year has not begun peacefully in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora. Just as the final days of 2025 were marked by violence and ...
Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests
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There have been 212 clergy kidnappings since 2015. Between 2015 and 2025, at least 212 Catholic priests were kidnapped in Nigeria, in a wave of ...
More Nigerian Catholic school students freed by kidnappers
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There are hopeful signs that the remaining students who were kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last month will be home for Christmas. The Diocese ...
Burkina Faso: faith endures in face of international silence
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The Church in northern Burkina Faso deplores the lack of media attention given to the terrorist crisis it is suffering, with displaced people facing enormous ...
Catechists keep the faith alive among victims of terrorism in Mozambique
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Some parishes in northern Mozambique can encompass hundreds of communities, and priests and religious cannot reach them all. Catechists are often on the front lines ...
Nigeria: See when 99 kidnapped children reunited with their parents
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Securing the release of the remaining 165 students and staff remains the top priority of the local church, Bishop Bulus Yohanna told ACN. One hundred ...