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More than 700 baptized on Easter in Nigeria despite rise in attacks on Christians

April 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina. / Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

ACI Africa, Apr 9, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
More than 700 Christians were baptized on Easter Sunday in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina, where th… […]

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YouTuber finds faith: from evangelical roots to Catholic conviction

April 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Jean’s journey into the Catholic Church was propelled by an earnest desire to align himself with the apostolic tradition, a lineage he felt was absent in his previous religious experiences. / Credit: Screenshot/Pillar and Foundation

CNA Newsroo… […]

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Pro-life atheist to convert to Catholicism: ‘There is a God-shaped hole in my heart’

June 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Kristin Turner, a pro-life activist and former atheist, talks with Prudence Robertson on a June 10, 2023, episode of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly. / Credit: EWTN Pro-Life Weekly/YouTube

CNA Newsroom, Jun 24, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Kristin Turner was an… […]

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Harvard student finds her answers in the Catholic Church

April 2, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

LyLena Estabine, a junior at Harvard University, is in the OCIA program at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and plans to join the Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023. / Credit: LyLena Estabine

Boston, Mass., Apr 2… […]

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Update: Notre Dame football coach calls conversion to Catholic faith ‘a personal decision’

September 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

University of Notre Dame Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman / Notre Dame Athletics

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 11:10 am (CNA).
Marcus Freeman, head coach of the University of Notre Dame’s football team, told members of the press S… […]

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