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‘Spiritually transformative’: Nun recalls Mali captivity in new religious freedom report

June 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five years. / Credit: ACN

ACI Africa, Jun 28, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abd… […]

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Religious freedom report shows dangerous trends in the West

June 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Although the most severe cases of religious persecution are currently taking place in certain African and Asian countries, the 2023 Religious Freedom in the Wo… […]

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New report: More than 50% of people live in a country with serious religious persecution

June 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 22, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
More than half of the global population lives in a country in which state or non-state actor… […]

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What it’s like for the Church in Venezuela, a country in social and economic crisis

May 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Luis Vildoso participates in a meeting of young people of the Araure project, in Venezuela (2023). / Credit: Courtesy of ACN

ACI Prensa Staff, May 11, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Luis Vildoso, project manager for the pontifical foundation Aid to the… […]

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Pope Francis meets with two Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram

March 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Janada Marcus with Pope Francis at the general audience on March 8, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met Wednesday with two young Nigerian girls who suffered horrendous violence at the hand… […]

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‘My parishioners shot dead in cold blood’: Priests, lay faithful describe attacks in Nigeria

March 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 13

Janada Marcus, 22, was forced to flee Boko Haram with her family twice before the terrorists attacked them again, killing her father and kidnapping her. / Aid to the Church in Need

Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2023 / 08:20 am (CNA).
“Oh, what sorrow… […]

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Aid to the Church in Need ‘greatly concerned’ about Nicaraguan bishop sentenced to prison

March 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: ACN

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 3, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expressed its concern for the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua … […]

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Witness to horror: A Christian farmer in Nigeria saw his family massacred

February 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

In an interview with ACN, Clement Usoo, 65, described witnessing the massacre of members of his family at the hands of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria. / Aid to the Church in Need-USA

Washington D.C., Feb 16, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
Clement Usoo, a 6… […]

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Pope Francis urges support for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria

February 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on Feb. 12, 2023. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Feb 12, 2023 / 06:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the people of Turkey and Syria who are suffering after devastating earthquakes killed more t… […]

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Catholic aid agencies respond after devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria

February 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A Syrian woman and her children warm by a stove at an emergency shelter in the center of the city of Maarat Misrin, in the rebel-held northern part of the northwestern Idlib province Feb. 7, 2023, one day after a deadly earthquake hit Syria and … […]

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Gloomy news about the Church makes national headlines, but a story about a turn for the better gets buried in section two or goes unreported.  The April issue of Phaith, the magazine of the Catholic […]

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