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Catholic priest’s murder in France: List of recent priest killings worldwide

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Funeral Mass of murdered seminarian Michael Nnadi, Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria, Feb. 11, 2020 / Diocese of Maiduguri

Washington D.C., Aug 9, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The murder of a French priest on Monday was the latest in a number of… […]

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Louisiana governor again calls for prayer, fasting amid coronavirus

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. / JohnBelforLouisiana/YouTube

Baton Rouge, La., Aug 9, 2021 / 12:17 pm (CNA).
Calls for prayer and fasting have once again sounded from the Louisiana Governor’s office as Covid-19 continues to endanger lives … […]

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Polish artist designs stunning monstrances with Virgin Mary: ‘Beauty leads to God’

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

One of the 12 altars for perpetual adoration that represent the “crown of 12 stars” on the Virgin Mary’s head blessed by Pope Francis. / Screenshot from EWTN News In Depth

Niepokalanów, Aug 9, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).
A Polish artisan and jeweler … […]

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Rwandan man suspected of killing French Catholic priest reportedly met Pope Francis in 2016

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

A man identified by the French newspaper La Croix as Emmanuel Abayisenga greets Pope Francis at the Vatican on Nov. 11, 2016. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Aug 9, 2021 / 10:30 am (CNA).
A Rwandan man who reportedly handed himself in to police a… […]

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Who was Fr. Olivier Maire, the Catholic priest murdered in France?

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Fr. Olivier Maire / G.Moreau – Diocèse de Luçon

Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France, Aug 9, 2021 / 09:05 am (CNA).
Fr. Olivier Maire, the Catholic priest murdered in France on Monday, was the provincial superior of the Montfort Missionaries, a world… […]

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Report: Envelope with three bullets addressed to Pope Francis intercepted

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 9, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
An envelope addressed to Pope Francis and containing three bullets was intercepted in Milan late on Sunday nigh… […]

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Breaking: Catholic priest murdered in France, says country’s interior minister

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The flag of France. / Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock.

Paris, France, Aug 9, 2021 / 05:40 am (CNA).
France’s interior minister announced on Monday that a Catholic priest has been murdered in western France. Gérald Darmanin wrote on his Twitte… […]

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Results of apostolic visitation of Germany’s Cologne archdiocese sent to Vatican

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Cologne Cathedral in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. / Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch.

Cologne, Germany, Aug 9, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The results of an apostolic visitation of Germany’s troubled Cologne archdiocese have been sent to the Vatican, lo… […]

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Catholic bishops in DR Congo ‘strongly condemn’ attacks on Church

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Members of the standing committee of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). / CENCO.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Aug 9, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have condemned r… […]

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