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Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa
null / Credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 19, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The pontifical…
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Christian leaders in Africa mark 30 years since Rwandan genocide
null / Credit: Elisa Finocchiaro via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Africa, Apr 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Members…
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Attack on Coptic monastery in South Africa takes lives of three monks
The Coptic Orthodox Church said Pope Tawadros II is aware of the attack that happened March 12, 2024, in the…
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German bishops to Church in Africa: Initiate canonization of German martyrs
German martyrs who gave their lives in the service of the Gospel in Africa. Clockwise from top left to bottom…
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Pope Francis: Small ideological groups oppose same-sex blessings; Africa a ‘special case’
Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26,…
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Resistance to same-sex blessings grows in Africa, but bishops are divided globally
Members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI). / Credit: CECCI Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 17:40…
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Oceania, Africa delegates say Synod on Synodality is their turn to speak
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, said at an Oct. 12 briefing that the Synod on Synodality is “a…
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Pope Francis lauds Catholic saint who fought to end slavery in Africa
Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 20, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep…
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Family life, ‘bonding together’ behind spread of Christianity in Africa, U.S. bishop says
Bishop John Patrick Dolan of the Diocese of Phoenix visited the African nations of Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya in August…
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