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Body of Armenian patriarch on path to possible sainthood returns to Lebanon

A large crowd gathered for the ceremony welcoming Patriarch Gregory Peter XV Agagianian's remains to Beirut's Martyrs' Square on Thursday, Sept 12, 2024. / Credit: Romy Haber/ACI Mena ACI MENA, Sep 15, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). On Thursday, Sept. 12, the...
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Priest urges Church in Nigeria to address needs of youth who are ‘returning to paganism’

Father Vitalis Anaehobi, who serves in the southesast region of Nigeria, says that most of the young people he has spoken to are grieved by “difficulties in life” such as poverty, unemployment, and “the failure by the Church to protect...

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From Islam to the Catholic Church: One Turkish woman shares her story of faith

Belkız, 61, was born into a Muslim family in...
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Synod organizer Cardinal Hollerich: Catholic Church in Africa ‘not afraid to speak’

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of Synod on Synodality, speaks...
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Over 70 Christians killed, 20 medical students kidnapped in recent Nigeria violence

Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to...
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Catholic bishops in Nigeria condemn liturgical abuses, call for immediate reforms

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). The...
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Pakistan: One year later, Jaranwala Christians await justice

Several mobs attacked Christian communities and set fire to several...
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Catholics in war-torn Syria doing their best to ‘live in peace’

Archbishop Denys Chahda highlighted the faith of Syrian Christians despite...
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Catholic diocese in Nigeria condemns brutal assault on priest by military

Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria's Wukari Diocese and one...
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A special prayer for peace in the Holy Land on the feast of the Assumption of Mary

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella...
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Garbage landslide kills nearly two dozen people in Uganda

People look on as an excavator helps search for people...
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South African bishop decries government inaction on alleged ISIS operations

The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC),...
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Lebanon is on the brink of war: Where do the country’s Christians stand?

Two vehicles for the Spanish troop within the United Nations...
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Catholic bishops, Church leaders in Africa laud ACI Africa ahead of its 5th anniversary

Church leaders celebrate at a launch event ahead of ACI...
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