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  • [ July 17, 2025 ] Bishop says U.S. aid cuts, not migrants, crippling South Africa’s health system News Briefs
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Boom in Muslim conversions to Christianity in France: How is the Church responding?

April 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

There is exponential growth in conversions of Muslims to Christianity in France. / Credit: Unsplash

National Catholic Register, Apr 3, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
At a time when concern is growing about the rise of Islam, which is threatening to bec… […]

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How difficult is it to be a Christian in Turkey? What you need to know

January 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

President Recep Erdogan in 2020 converted the former Byzantine church, the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. / Credit: Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED

CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
Terrorists stormed a Catholic … […]

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Catholics call for opening of canonization cause for sacristan slain by jihadist in Spain

November 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Image of the campaign for the canonization of the Spanish sacristan Diego Valencia. / Credit: Enraizados

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 21, 2023 / 19:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta in southern Spain has begun to receive requests from Cathol… […]

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The Lebanese saint who unites Christians and Muslims

July 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Image from the Shrine of St. Charbel. / Hannah Brockhaus / CNA.

Annaya, Lebanon, Jul 24, 2023 / 10:35 am (CNA).
St. Charbel Makhlouf is known in Lebanon for the miraculous healings of those who visit his tomb to seek his intercession — both Chr… […]

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After meeting Pope Francis, leader invites France’s Muslims to pray for peace in Ukraine

February 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Chems-Eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris. / FISOM7691 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vatican City, Feb 28, 2022 / 11:25 am (CNA).
After meeting Pope Francis on Monday, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris invited Muslims in Fra… […]

Columns

To Rome through Mecca

September 6, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 4

It has long been the practice for Christians and Muslims to look at what they have in common. David Pinault suggests that a better way […]

Interview

Marcus Grodi reflects on trends in conversions, and the mystery of grace

March 30, 2018 Jeanette Flood 6

Catholic reverts, Protestant ministers, Muslims, Jews, atheists and agnostics – the host of “The Journey Home” discusses the reasons people from all different faith backgrounds […]

Features

Without Christian witness and culture, the West cannot resist Islam

August 10, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 26

Back in 1991, while visiting a Roman museum, I got into a conversation with an employee, who expressed dismay that Pope John Paul II had called for support for the massive migration into Italy of […]

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