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Catholics in Poland to hold ‘day of solidarity’ with people of Afghanistan

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference. / episkopat.pl.

Warsaw, Poland, Aug 30, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
The Catholic Church in Poland will hold a “day of solidarity” with the war-weary population of Afghanistan … […]

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5 things you need to know about Christians in Afghanistan now

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An Afghan mother and her children rest in a tent at a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park in Kabul. / Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.

Denver Newsroom, Aug 29, 2021 / 20:45 pm (CNA).
5 things you need to know about Christians in Afghanistan nowA… […]

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Pope Francis urges Catholics to pray and fast for Afghanistan

August 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis speaks during the Angelus prayer. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 29, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Christians to intensify their prayer, penance, and fasting for the situation in Afghanistan, as he entrusted… […]

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Archbishop pleads for charity workers, high school students trapped in Afghanistan

August 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, before the Monstrance in Eucharistic Adoration in 2021. / Dennis Callahan/Archdiocese of San Francisco

Denver Newsroom, Aug 27, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA).
A group of California high school student… […]

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Pope Francis meets Nadia Murad as Nobel Prize winner advocates for Afghan women

August 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Dec. 20, 2018. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Aug 26, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday met with Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, a human rights ad… […]

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Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from Kabul arrive at Rome airport

August 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

A Missionary of Charity in Rome, Sept. 16, 2017. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 26, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Religious sisters from the Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from an orphanage in Afghanistan arrived safely on We… […]

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Desperate Afghan Christians turned away at airport, aid groups say

August 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Christian Afghan refugees leaving Kabul / Instagram @glennbeck

Denver Newsroom, Aug 25, 2021 / 14:56 pm (CNA).
With time running out to rescue civilians fleeing the Taliban, Afghan Christians and others whose names appear on U.S. government list… […]

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Christian legal group decries conditions for Afghan religious minorities, urges aid

August 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Refugee children in Kabul, Afghanistan / Trent Inness/Shutterstock

Denver Newsroom, Aug 25, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
A Christian legal group on Tuesday warned of deteriorating conditions for Afghanistan’s religious minorities, and pushed for an im… […]

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Vatican urges countries to accept refugees from Afghanistan

August 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Early morning in Kabul, Afghanistan. / Mohammad Rahmani via Unsplash

Vatican City, Aug 25, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).
A Vatican diplomat has urged countries to “move from declaration to action” by welcoming refugees from Afghanistan. In a speech to … […]

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Afghan refugees deserve welcome, Australian and Irish bishops urge governments

August 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

Refugee children from Afghanistan. / Jazzmany / Shutterstock.

Denver Newsroom, Aug 24, 2021 / 17:04 pm (CNA).
Bishops in Ireland and Australia have asked their governments to do more to take in refugees from Afghanistan after the rapid collapse … […]

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