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French president visits Catholic church in Iraq damaged by ISIS

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

French President Emmanuel Macron tours Our Lady of the Hour Church in Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2021. / Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 31, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).
French President Emmanuel Macron met this week with Iraqi Chris… […]

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Fr. Jacques Hamel: Catholic priest honored 5 years after he was killed at Mass in terrorist attack

July 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Fr. Jacques Hamel. / Diocese of Rouen via Wikipedia.

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France, Jul 26, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Catholic Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen celebrated a Mass on Monday marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of Fr. Ja… […]

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‘At every time, you could be a target’: Despite danger, Nigerian priest ministers to refugees of terrorism

July 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Ash Wednesday celebration at St. Patrick cathedral in Maiduguri, Feb. 26, 2020 / AFP/Getty

Washington D.C., Jul 16, 2021 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Father Joseph Bature Fidelis of the Diocese of Maiduguri is aware of the danger priests face from local Is… […]

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Probe into Fr. Jacques Hamel’s murder shows attackers’ links to ISIS

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Fr. Jacques Hamel. / Diocese of Rouen, Wikipedia.

Rome Newsroom, Jul 7, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
A investigation into the murder of French priest Fr. Jacques Hamel documents messages exchanged between the attackers and a senior ISIS operative base… […]

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Indonesian bishops say Palm Sunday cathedral bombing ‘disgraced human dignity’

March 29, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Indonesia’s Catholic bishops have strongly condemned the Palm Sunday suicide bombing on the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral on the island of Sulawesi which injured at least 19 people.The two attackers, who… […]

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Pope Francis returns historic prayer book saved from Islamic State to the Nineveh Plains

March 8, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).- During his trip to Iraq, Pope Francis returned a historic Aramaic prayer manuscript which was restored after the Islamic State desecrated the Catholic church where it was once held.

Dating back to sometime… […]

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Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq comes as country faces ‘multiple crises’

February 17, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Feb 17, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).- Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq comes at a time when the country faces severe political, socioeconomic, and security challenges. The European Union’s ambassador to Iraq has called Iraq’s curre… […]

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Pope Francis presented with historic prayer manuscript saved from Islamic State

February 10, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Vatican City, Feb 10, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis was presented on Wednesday with a historic Aramaic prayer manuscript rescued from the Islamic State’s destructive occupation of northern Iraq.

Dating back to sometime between the 14th an… […]

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Pope Francis to visit Iraqi cathedral burned by Islamic State

February 8, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2021 / 12:10 pm (CNA).- The Great Al-Tahira Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida was charred black inside after the Islamic State set it aflame after taking control of the town in 2014. Now the restored cathedral is prepari… […]

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Pope Francis sends condolences after 32 killed in suicide bombings in Iraq

January 21, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Rome Newsroom, Jan 21, 2021 / 08:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said on Thursday that he was praying for the victims of two suicide bombings in Baghdad, which took place less than two months before his scheduled visit to Iraq.

At least 32 people died… […]

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