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Catholic priest killed in ‘senseless act of violence’ in Nigeria

September 23, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Matthew Eya, a parish priest in the Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria, was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, while returning to his parish after a pastoral assignment. / Credit: Diocese of Nsukka

ACI Africa, Sep 23, 20… […]

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Angola’s Catholic men urged to ‘strengthen families, be examples of integrity’

September 23, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of Angola’s Archdiocese of Huambo has urged members of the Catholic Men Organization to be involved in the fight against societal voices, strengthen faith practice in their respective families, and exemplify inte… […]

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Gaza churches provide shelter and hope amid escalating conflict

September 19, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Eucharistic edoration at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, in December 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli

ACI MENA, Sep 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The city of Gaza conti… […]

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Gunmen on motorbikes kill 22 at baptism ceremony in Niger amid rising violence

September 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Gunmen on motorbikes reportedly shot dead at least 22 people at a baptism ceremony in an attack on a village in western Niger. The Sept. 15, 2025, attack happened in the Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist groups linked t… […]

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Kenyan bishop lauds courage of seminarians choosing dangerous missionary work

September 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

In his homily at the Sept. 13, 2025, diaconate ordination of nine Mill Hill Missionaries members, Bishop John Oballa Owaa of the Diocese of Ngong in Kenya lauded young members of the congregation for not allowing anything to stand in their way t… […]

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Nigeria bishops’ conference president: Country now full of ‘fear, flight, and funerals’

September 17, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts,” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has said. / Credit: Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria

ACI Africa, Sep 17, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA).
Nigeria is “sink… […]

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Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem forgives school debt of all diocesan families

September 17, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa visits a kindergarten in Haifa. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 15:44 pm (CNA).
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has decided to forgive the school debts of all famil… […]

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4 Carmelite religious sisters, driver killed in crash in Tanzania

September 17, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Four members of the Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (MCST) in Tanzania lost their lives in a road accident in the country’s Archdiocese of Mwanza on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Suore Carmelitane Missionarie Italia Malta Romani… […]

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Hundreds of Italian priests condemn what they say is ‘genocide’ happening in Gaza

September 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

A plane drops food aid over Rafah, in southern Gaza, in August 2025. / Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock

Gaza City, Sep 15, 2025 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
Under the slogan “Christ died in Gaza,” a network called “Priests Against Genocide” says it sees… […]

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Death of Melkite Catholic in Syrian prison sparks debate over security abuses

September 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI MENA, Sep 14, 2025 / 08:09 am (CNA).
The death of Milad Farakh, a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic community from the village of Kafra in Syria’s Valley of Christians (Wadi al-Nasara), has stir… […]

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