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The Christian genocide in Nigeria now alarms even secular Americans

November 20, 2025 Ngala Killian Chimtom 15

The Director of the Catholic-inspired NGO, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, says evidence of Christian genocide in Nigeria is so strong that even lay people in the United States and […]

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Is the persecution in Nigeria a Christian genocide? This bishop says ‘yes’

January 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of the Nigerian Diocese of Makurdi in Benue state at a breakfast at Capitol Hill organized by Aid to the Church in Need on Jan. 30, 2024. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNA

Washington D.C., Jan 30, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Bishop Wi… […]

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Victims of Communism Memorial Day recognizes tens of millions murdered

November 7, 2022 Dawn Beutner 10

Has your state formally recognized November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day? Five US states (Alabama, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia) have done so, and eight more (Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, […]

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Opinion: What Dr. Johnson can teach Pope Francis

July 31, 2022 Edward Short 44

Reading a Catholic paper yesterday, I must say I was rather startled to see the pope charging the Catholic priests who taught in the elementary schools of Canada with genocide. Returning from his trip to […]

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Pope Francis: Canada’s residential schools system was ‘cultural genocide’

July 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis prays with journalists on a papal flight August 14, 2014. / Alan Holdren/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Jul 30, 2022 / 03:09 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has agreed with the view that the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families and … […]

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Ukrainian Catholic leader accuses Russia of ‘genocide’ in besieged city of Mariupol

March 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Children shelter in a basement in Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, amid Russian bombardment on March 5, 2022. / Vladyslav Babenko via Shutterstock.

Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar 21, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church acc… […]

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Report: China committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang

April 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Apr 20, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
An international human rights organization has declared that China’s actions in the province of Xinjiang amount to crimes against humanity.  […]

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After China retaliates with sanctions, U.S. religious freedom advocates say they won’t be silenced

March 30, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Mar 30, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- After China announced retaliatory sanctions against U.S. human rights advocates this weekend, advocates responded they would not be silent about the “genocide” in Xinjiang. “The Chinese government’s base… […]

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Report: China’s treatment of Uyghurs meets definition of genocide

March 10, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Washington D.C., Mar 10, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA).- China’s abuses of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang violate every article in the United Nations’ definition of genocide, a new policy report published on Monday claims. 

The 55-page report from T… […]

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Report: Uyghur women subject to systemic rape in China’s detention camps

February 3, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Feb 3, 2021 / 03:30 pm (CNA).- Warning: graphic and disturbing content below. Reader discretion is advised.

 

Uyghur women interned in China’s “re-education” camps are subjected to systemic rape by Chinese sold… […]

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