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Death of Melkite Catholic in Syrian prison sparks debate over security abuses

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ACI MENA, Sep 14, 2025 / 08:09 am (CNA).
The death of Milad Farakh, a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic community from the village of Kafra in Syria’s Valley of Christians (Wadi al-Nasara), has stir… […]

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Bishop advocates for a ‘two-state solution’ to achieve peace in the Middle East

September 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

Bishop Iyad Twal, auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchal Diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 11, 2025 / 17:57 pm (CNA).
In response to Tuesday’s airstrike by the Israeli ai… […]

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Mozambique Church leaders decry silence after mosques built on land taken from Church

September 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Inácio Saure of Mozambique’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula has denounced illegal occupation of Church land in the country and the inaction on the part of relevant authorities in the country. / Credit: ACN

ACI Africa, Sep 11, 2025 /… […]

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‘I don’t have a village anymore’: Priest decries insecurity, persecution in Nigeria

September 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Vealumun Paul Ansbert Mom, the superior general of the Via Christi Society in Nigeria, has decried the state of insecurity in his diocese, saying he can no longer travel to his village because “everyone has been driven away by killer herd… […]

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Pope Leo XIV creates ‘new’ China diocese amid diocesan border dispute with Beijing

September 10, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Francis Xavier statue in front St. Joseph Cathedral in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2016. / Credit: Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Sep 10, 2025 / 12:21 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has created a new Catholic diocese in northern China wi… […]

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African bishops call for ‘Africa-led, community-rooted’ solutions for climate crisis

September 10, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Roger Coffi Anoumou of the Diocese of Lokossa in Benin represented the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) at the second African Climate Summit on Sept. 7-8, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. / Credit: SECAM
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Cardinal Pizzaballa says violence in Gaza is the result of hateful language

September 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 9, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA).
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said violence in the Gaza Strip is the result of yea… […]

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For true synodality, counseling needs to be prioritized in Africa, religious sister says

September 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Sister Gisela Rfanyu Shey speaks at the second African Women Theologian Conferece on Sept. 3, 2025, saying that to realize synodality in Africa, the Church should prioritize counseling amid the myriad of scars, including those of colonialism, wa… […]

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Maronite bishops call for full restoration of Lebanese sovereignty

September 7, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The Maronite bishops gather for their monthly meeting at the Patriarchal Summer Residence in Dimane, Lebanon, where they issued a statement that Lebanon must seize available regional and international opportunities to restore full sovereignty ov… […]

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Holy Family Church leaders in Gaza will ‘stay and serve’ amid evacuation orders in city

September 5, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

ACI MENA, Sep 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CN… […]

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