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Over 70 Christians killed, 20 medical students kidnapped in recent Nigeria violence

August 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to flee their villages and, in some cases, seek shelter in local Catholic churches and schools. Pictured here is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Yelewata. / Credit: Photo courtesy … […]

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Dozens still in captivity after Christmas Day attack in Nigeria, Catholic priest says

January 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Jan 11, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
Dozens of abductees are still being held in captivity following the Christmas Day attack on Angwan Aku Village in Kaduna, a state located in the north of Nigeria, a Catholic pries… […]

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Despite incessant attacks, Nigerian Catholics keep their faith

December 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Police and residents of Wumat, a farming town 45 miles south of Jos, Nigeria, arrive to survey damage and help survivors of a terrorist attack on Nov 22, 2022. / Courtesy of Victor Nafor

Abuja, Nigeria, Dec 2, 2022 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
November p… […]

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Islamist rebels kill nun, six others at Catholic hospital in DR Congo

October 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sister Marie-Sylvie Kavuke Vakatsuraki, who was killed in Maboya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oct. 19, 2022. / Courtesy photo

Denver Newsroom, Oct 21, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic nun serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo w… […]

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Italian missionary nun killed in Mozambique

September 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sister Maria De Coppi, who was killed by Islamist terrorists at a mission in Chipene, Mozambique, Sept. 6, 2022. / Comboni Missionaries via Facebook

Nacala, Mozambique, Sep 9, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Sister Maria De Coppi, a Comboni missionary s… […]

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Sympathizers in Nigeria’s high-ranking positions stall fight against militants, priest says

July 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Enugu, Nigeria was vandalized Nov 4, 2013. / Aid to the Church in Need/www.kirche-in-not.ch.

Lokoja, Nigeria, Jul 23, 2021 / 15:39 pm (CNA).
Boko Haram sympathizers and others who support Nigeria being an Isl… […]

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‘Do not abandon Mozambique’: Catholics appeal for help amid jihadist attacks

July 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).
Islamist terrorism threatens the future of Mozambique, according to a Catholic community aiding hundreds of thousands of refugees dri… […]

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Mozambique’s bishops lament Islamist violence in Palma

April 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

A woman stands in a burned out area after an extremist attack on the village of Aldeia da Paz, Mozambique, Aug. 24, 2019. / AFP via Getty Images.

Maputo, Mozambique, Apr 19, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Mozambique on Friday co… […]

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Catholic bishops in DR Congo worried by killings, forced conversions in east

April 9, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Apr 9, 2021 / 16:01 pm America/Denver (CNA). Renewed violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has resulted in the killing of civilians is […]

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