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Casualties reported after attack on church inauguration in Syria

July 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Aftermath of the attack on the inauguration of Hagia Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria, July 24, 2022. / Courtesy photo from inauguration participant

Denver Newsroom, Jul 24, 2022 / 09:48 am (CNA).
At least one person was k… […]

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Nigerian priest: Federal government has refused to help regarding abductions, killings

July 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Patrick Alumuku / Courtesy photo

Abuja, Nigeria, Jul 22, 2022 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
Nigeria’s government has everything it needs to stop the ongoing attacks that are targeting Christians, but has refused to help, a Catholic priest in the We… […]

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‘Hope and Closeness’ in the Holy Land: Patriarch Pizzaballa prays with Catholics on Mount of the Beatitudes

July 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa praying with young Catholics on the Mount of Beatitudes on July 19, 2022 / Courtesy photo / Neocatechumenal Way

Rome Newsroom, Jul 20, 2022 / 02:28 am (CNA).
More than 8,000 young Catholics from the United Stat… […]

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Kidnapped priest killed in Nigeria, another escapes

July 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Map of Nigeria. / Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., Jul 19, 2022 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
Following the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in central Nigeria last week, the local diocese announced July 19 that one of the two priests had escaped, while the … […]

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Two Catholic priests kidnapped in Nigeria

July 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Father John Mark Cheitnum, left, and Father Denatus Cleopas, right. / Photos courtesy of Archdiocese of Kaduna.

Rome Newsroom, Jul 16, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).
The Nigerian diocese of Kafanchan has asked for prayers after two Catholic priests wer… […]

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Testimony: China-backed cobalt mines in Congo exploit 40,000 child workers

July 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Congolese civil rights attorney Hervé Diakiese Kyungu testifying on July 14, 2022, at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. on the use of child labor in China-backed cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. / Screenshot from YouTu… […]

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At least 22 killed in jihadist attack on village in Burkina Faso

July 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Burkinabé soldiers patrol in Ouagadougou after the January 2022 coup. / VOA News (public domain)

Denver Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 13:29 pm (CNA).
No fewer than 22 people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadi terrorists on a village in Burk… […]

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Nigerian bishop, a former New Yorker, calls church massacre ‘my own Sept. 11th’

July 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Bishop Jude Arogundade in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2022 outside the Belmont House, where he attended a breakfast social with U.S. congressmen and religious freedom advocates. / Shannon Mullen/CNA

Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2022 / 09:36 am (CN… […]

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Nigerian archbishop cries at gravesite of slain priest as Catholics protest violence

July 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Priests protest at the funeral of Father Vitus Borogo in the archdiocese of Kaduna on June 30, 2022. / Photos courtesy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna

Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Hundreds of Catholics protested violence a… […]

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Two priests killed in Nigeria in separate incidents

June 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Fr. Vitus Borogo, who was killed by armed bandits in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, June 25, 2022. / CBCN

Denver Newsroom, Jun 26, 2022 / 13:49 pm (CNA).
Two priests were killed over the weekend in Nigeria, one in Kaduna state and one in Edo state.Fr…. […]

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