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Hopes rise for Christians as Church leaders meet new Syria leader

January 4, 2025 Catholic News Agency 17

The heads of Churches and their representatives in Syria meet the de facto leader. / Credit: Add Alsama/Facebook

ACI MENA, Jan 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As Syria navigates a transitional phase, questions abound regarding the Church’s role in sh… […]

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Catholic priest in Nigeria murdered by ‘unidentified assailants’

January 2, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was manager of the respective schools of nursing, midwifery, and medical laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala in Nigeria. The priest, who was ordained in 2015, was reportedly murdered on Dec. 26, 20… […]

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Safety concerns escalate for Christians in historic Syrian town

December 31, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The Syrian town of Maaloula. / Credit: Valery Shanin/Shutterstock

ACI MENA, Dec 31, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
In the weeks since Syria’s government was overthrown, the Christians of Maaloula, a historic town in western Syria known for its Christia… […]

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PHOTOS: Cardinal Pizzaballa opens 2025 Jubilee Year in Holy Land

December 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The entry of the cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29, 2024, marks the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, crossed the thres… […]

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Priestly vocations are up in Burkina Faso despite Islamic terrorism

December 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Recently arrived seminarians in Burkina Faso with new cassocks. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA).
Despite constant terrorist attacks suffered by Catholics in Burkina Faso from Islamic fundament… […]

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We’re ‘finding creative methods to reach people,’ says bishop of 1-year-old Nigerian diocese

December 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria. / Credit: Diocese of Katsina

ACI Africa, Dec 26, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Katsina, whose erection the Vatican made public on Oct. 16, 2023, is realizing “creative meth… […]

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Patriarch of Jerusalem: Let us look to the future with hope, without hatred or violence

December 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, leans on his pastoral staff while listening to the proclamation of the Gospel during the Christmas Eve Mass at the Church of St. Catherine, the Latin section of the Basilica of the … […]

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PHOTOS: Cardinal Pizzaballa shares Christmas message after Gaza visit

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, lights a candle in the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza during his visit there on Dec. 22, 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Jerusa… […]

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‘So powerful’: Jonathan Roumie on sponsoring African children through Catholic charity

December 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie visits Emelyne, a little girl he has sponsored since 2023, in Rwanda. / Credit: Unbound

CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
In 2023, Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie partnered with Unbound, a Catholic child-sp… […]

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PHOTOS: Gaza Catholic parish prepares for second Christmas under war

December 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

A young girl hangs an ornament on the Christmas tree inside the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli

Jerusalem, Dec 22, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church of the H… […]

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