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Two Motorcycles for Two Young Priests
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The Diocese of Fada N’Gourma lies in eastern Burkina Faso. The diocese itself is vast – with an area of over 18,250 square miles – ...
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 ...
Burkina Faso: Mathieu’s Gethsemane
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“Six hundred and ninety-eight, six hundred and ninety-nine, seven hundred.” Mathieu passes pebbles from one side to another. Seven hundred in all, one for each ...
125 years of evangelization in Burkina Faso: A Church full of life, despite terrorism and violence
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Burkina Faso is celebrating 125 years of evangelization in a country currently marred by violence and terrorism. The African nation, which holds first place in ...
Dismayed by fresh attacks in Burkina Faso, ACN calls for prayer
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Many people were killed in a recent series of attacks in the parish of Tansila, in the Diocese of Nouna. Father Jean-Pierre Keita, a young ...
Burkina Faso: Two catechists brutally killed in a road attack
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The Christian community in Burkina Faso is in mourning, following the murder of two catechists in a violent attack on Saturday, January 25th, in the ...
Burkina Faso: “When a catechist’s family has food, then the whole community has something to eat”
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The Diocese of Nouna thanks ACN for supporting catechists. Thanks to help from ACN, the Burkinabé Diocese of Nouna has been able to provide six ...
Vocations grow in Burkina Faso despite terrorism
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Despite the widespread terrorism increasingly affecting Burkina Faso, and though priests and catechists are the main targets among pastoral agents, the country has seen a ...
In Burkina Faso, catechists are the heroes of the Church
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Catechists are pillars of the Church in Burkina Faso, often at risk to their own lives. Despite continuous terrorist threats against them, they assure, in ...
ACN dedicates Christmas campaign to persecuted Christians in Burkina Faso
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Since 2015, Burkina Faso, which is around 25 percent Christian, has become a hotbed of violent Islamist extremism. Since 2019, in particular, priests, religious, and ...