Bishops in Cameroon have spoken out against a recent kidnapping of clergy and laypeople at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, an outgrowth of separatist violence hurting the country.
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Sex and gender dominate German church debates. But Catholics in the Global South have different challenges—and values
The Synod on Synodality of the Catholic Church faces diverse problems in diverse areas of the world, especially in the global south.
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Before her murder by insurgents, Italian nun called niece for prayers
“I asked her, ‘Auntie, you’re not leaving?’ and, after a moment of silence, she answered ‘I don’t know, I want to wait,” Comboni Sister Gabriella Bottani said of her aunt, Comboni Sister Maria De Coppi.
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83-year-old American nun freed after five months of captivity in Burkina Faso
Marianite Sister Ann Lacour said that fellow Sister Suellen Tennyson, who was kidnapped from the convent of her educational and medical mission in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, is now safe and on American soil.
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Catholic Relief Services C.E.O. on the alarming signs of our times: hunger, drought and war
Sean Callahan, president and C.E.O. of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, returned last month from tours and consultations with C.R.S. partners in Ukraine, Ghana and Ethiopia.
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For Nigerian Christians, allegations of blasphemy against Islam can be a death sentence
The killing of Deborah Yakubu for alleged blasphemy and the reaction to it offer a stark depiction of the volatile divisions between Nigeria’s Muslim and Christian communities.
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Pope Francis postponed his trip to South Sudan. What does this mean for people living there?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle speaks with Sant’Egidio’s Elizabeth Boyle about the lay group’s efforts to foster peace and friendship in South Sudan.
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Pope Francis apologizes for canceling trips to Congo and South Sudan
“I truly feel great sorrow at having to postpone this visit, which means so much to me,” the pope said at his general audience on June 12.
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Pope Francis postpones July trip to Africa due to knee troubles
Pope Francis has postponed “with regret” his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to South Sudan on the advice of his doctors so as “not to jeopardize the result of the therapy that he is undergoing.”
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Pope Francis prays after attack on a Nigerian Catholic Church kills at least 50
Pope Francis expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen stormed a church and reportedly killed at least 50 people during a Pentecost Mass.