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US Bishops Focus on Domestic Issues, Nigeria, and Nicaragua for Religious Freedom Week
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Religious Freedom. It’s a value that was so important to the Founding Fathers that they dedicated the First Amendment to the Constitution to it. It’s ...
Uganda: “People had nothing, but all they asked was that we help them pray”
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Four Salesian priests and four women religious serve a population of over 90,000 South Sudanese refugees in Palabek, Uganda. For World Refugee Day, June 20, ...
Nigeria: Up to 200 dead in worst killing spree
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IDPs burned alive, shot dead, and macheted Militants massacred up to 200 Christians in Nigeria’s Benue State on the evening of Friday, June 13. They ...
Father Jomo is first priest believed to be killed during Sudan conflict
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Father Luka Jomo, the parish priest in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in Sudan, was killed during an attack on the city ...
Bishop calls for prayers as priest is kidnapped by jihadists in Nigeria
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Fr. Alphonsus Afina was kidnapped on Sunday, June 1, in the Diocese of Maiduguri. The auxiliary bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria has called for urgent prayers ...
Helping Benedictine Nuns with an Agricultural Project in Chad
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The Benedictine convent of Saint Agatha, which is in the village of Lolo, in the diocese of Mondou in southern Chad, was established in May ...
Help for the Training of 221 Seminarians in the Congo
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Almost one-third of all seminarians in the world today are from the continent of Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, the ...
Dozens killed in new wave of attacks on communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt
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A priest coming back from a memorial service for two slain clergymen shot and injured. A farmer gunned down on his own farm. Three members ...
Mauritania: “Accueil-Écoute,” a hand extended to the most vulnerable
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Through practical support and respect for their dignity, the Church in Nouakchott is showing the face of Christ to migrants. In a context where the ...
“Christians are suffering greatly in Mozambique,” says Passionist priest
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As Islamist attacks continue to terrorize the northern district of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, the Church does all it can to help the local people. ...