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Nearly 300 reported killed by Hamas insurgents at Israeli music festival

October 9, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

A picture taken in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Oct. 7, 2023, shows burnt-out vehicles outside a residential building hit in a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. / Credit: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2023 /… […]

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Dozens killed in surprise Hamas attacks on Israel; Netanyahu says country ‘at war’

October 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 12

Cars are seen on fire following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. / Credit: Ahmad Gharabali/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 7, 2023 / 09:36 am (CNA).
Israel is “at war,” Prime… […]

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Suspects arrested in killing of seminarian in Nigerian parish rectory fire

October 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A screen grab from a video shared with ACI Africa that shows the parish house at St. Raphael Fadan Kamantan Catholic Church of the Diocese of Kafanchan in flames Sept. 7, 2023. / Credit: ACI Africa

ACI Africa, Oct 5, 2023 / 10:45 am (CNA).
Secu… […]

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Pope Francis sends telegram to Iraqi Christian community after tragic wedding fire

October 2, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The Christian community in Qaraqosh, in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, was devastated last week after a fire broke out at a Syriac Catholic wedding celebration. / Credit: Rody Sher/ ACI MENA

CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2023 / 18:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis sent hi… […]

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BREAKING: Iraq archbishop calls for prayers after tragic wedding fire

September 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Sep 27, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
A fire that ripped through a wedding venue in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people in a majority-Christian town still rebuilding after years of ISIS occupation. The hal… […]

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Cameroon archbishop: ‘No room for distraction’ for delegates to Synod on Synodality

September 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon. / Credit: ACI Africa

ACI Africa, Sep 27, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).
Delegates to the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, also referred to as the Synod on S… […]

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Abducted priest in Nigeria released, diocese ‘grateful’

September 25, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide was reportedly abducted from Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese on Sept. 17, 2023. / Credit: Enugu Diocese

ACI Africa, Sep 25, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Enugu in Nigeria has expressed its gratitude to God and th… […]

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‘We came back stronger’: Priest, seminarian abducted in Nigeria recall three-week ordeal

September 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Paul Sanogo (left) and seminarian Melchior Maharini, who were kidnapped from their community of Missionaries of Africa in Nigeria’s Diocese of Minna on Aug. 3, 2023, said the terrifying experience helped their faith grow stronger. / Credi… […]

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Catholic peace organization condemns sexual enslavement of Mozambican Christians

September 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

A group of women and children guarded by security forces in Mucimboa da Praia of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province in early September 2023. / Credit: Denis Hurley Peace Institute

ACI Africa, Sep 21, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
Reports have emerged … […]

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Human rights group to Nigeria security agents after priest’s kidnapping: ‘Act or resign’

September 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A road in Enugu State, Nigeria. / Credit: International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety)

ACI Africa, Sep 20, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has conde… […]

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