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Vatican foreign minister visits Lebanon, still suffering from financial and political crises

February 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

St. George Maronite cathedral beside the Mohammad Al-Amin mosque in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. / Patrick Donovan via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Rome Newsroom, Feb 5, 2022 / 08:20 am (CNA).
The Vatican’s foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Richard … […]

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Vatican opens its first embassy in Abu Dhabi

February 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra inaugurated an apostolic nunciature in Abu Dhabi, UAE on Feb. 4, 2022. / Photos courtesy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia.

Rome Newsroom, Feb 4, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The Vatican opened its first embass… […]

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Catholics pray novena for young priest killed in Congo

February 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The late Father Richard Masivi Kasereka, C.R.M., at St. Michael the Archangel Kaseghe parish, in the DRC’s Butembo-Beni diocese, on Oct. 31, 2021, when he was installed as pastor. / Caracciolini Fathers, DR Congo.

Butembo-Beni, Democratic Repub… […]

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Expert urges attention to persecuted Christians as bishops decry Islamist violence in Nigeria

January 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The entrance to Christ the King Major Seminary in Fayit, Fadan Kagoma, Nigeria, whence three seminarians were abducted Oct. 11, 2021. / Courtesy photo.

Denver Newsroom, Jan 28, 2022 / 18:01 pm (CNA).
Victims of persecution in Nigeria must be li… […]

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Holy Land’s Catholic bishops invite Orthodox leaders to contribute to synodal path

January 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the congregation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. / Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jan 28, 2022 / 09:10 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops in the Holy Land invited… […]

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Pope Francis: The story of the Holy Land is the ‘Fifth Gospel’

January 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis met a delegation affiliated with the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land on Jan. 17, 2022. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 17, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has urged journalists in the Middle East to keep telling stories f… […]

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Outspoken Nigerian bishop says he is ‘fine’, amid reports he was called in for questioning by state police

January 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto addresses a dinner of ADF International, "The Crisis of Religious Freedom in Nigeria," at the 2021 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. / International Religious Freedom Summi… […]

The Dispatch

Nigerian bishop who criticized government over Christian persecution called in for questioning: report

January 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 8

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. / Aid to the Church in Need/James Nicholls.

Denver Newsroom, Jan 8, 2022 / 15:33 pm (CNA).
A prominent Nigerian bishop has reportedly been ordered in for questioning by a state security agency, after the prelate cri… […]

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Nigerian priest shot dead on Christmas Eve

December 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The flag of Nigeria on a military uniform. / Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.

Abeokuta, Nigeria, Dec 30, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Fr. Luke Mewhenu Adeleke, a priest of the Diocese of Abeokuta, was shot dead Friday while returning home after celebrating M… […]

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Holy Land Christians need more protection, Christian leaders in Jerusalem warn

December 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver Newsroom, Dec 16, 2021 / 13:49 pm (CNA).
Christian leaders in Jerusalem are seeking an “urgent dialogue” with local authorities to discuss further protections for Christians in the Holy Land. … […]

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