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December 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 30, 2023 / 09:5… […]

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Pope Francis honors nun killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique

September 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis speaks at the Angelus address on March 20, 2022. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Sep 11, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis honored an Italian missionary sister who was killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique, in his Angelus add… […]

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First Mozambique-born cardinal dies at age of 97

October 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924-2021). / Voice of America via Wikimedia (public domain).

Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2021 / 05:20 am (CNA).
Cardinal Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, the first cardinal born in Mozambique, has died at the… […]

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‘Do not abandon Mozambique’: Catholics appeal for help amid jihadist attacks

July 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Flag of mozambique in the world map. / hyotographics/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).
Islamist terrorism threatens the future of Mozambique, according to a Catholic community aiding hundreds of thousands of refugees dri… […]

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Mozambique’s bishops lament Islamist violence in Palma

April 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

A woman stands in a burned out area after an extremist attack on the village of Aldeia da Paz, Mozambique, Aug. 24, 2019. / AFP via Getty Images.

Maputo, Mozambique, Apr 19, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Mozambique on Friday co… […]

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Catholic group: Mozambique massacre should prompt attention, response

April 1, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

ACI Africa, Apr 1, 2021 / 04:37 am (CNA).- While a recent massacre in Mozambique has drawn headlines internationally, the country has been dealing with violence for years, which has largely gone unacknowledged in the international community, said leade… […]

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Bishop: Mozambique’s persecuted Christians living an ‘experience of the cross’

February 25, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Feb 25, 2021 / 09:01 am (CNA).- Catholics living in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province have lived an “experience of the cross” amid the escalation of terrorist violence over the past three years, according to their… […]

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Catholic bishop in Mozambique hotspot transferred to Brazilian diocese

February 12, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Vatican City, Feb 12, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a Catholic bishop serving in a strife-torn diocese in Mozambique to lead a diocese in his native Brazil.

The pope named Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, who has overseen the … […]

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Situation ‘desperate’ in Mozambique following rise in extremist attacks

November 17, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- The United Nations human rights commissioner has called for international attention and aid in Mozambique in response to an escalating series of attacks by Islamist militant groups. 

“The situation… […]

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Catholic charity sends aid to Mozambique after reports of mass beheading

November 11, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Nov 11, 2020 / 06:00 am (CNA).- In response to reports that militants linked to the Islamic State had beheaded more than 50 people in northern Mozambique, a Catholic charity is sending emergency aid to the affected diocese.

Local media … […]

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