MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
As fighting rages on in Eastern DR Congo, Catholic charity steps up humanitarian response
By Silas Isenjia ACI Africa, Feb 2, 2025 / 09:00 am Amid the escalation of violence, the Catholic Agency for...
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Journalists in Nigeria urged to speak up, expose all forms of Christian persecution
By Abah Anthony John ACI Africa, Jan 31, 2025 / 06:00 am The vice chancellor of Nigeria’s Veritas University, a...
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Vatican’s first envoy to postwar Syria sees a nation with ‘a desire for life’
By Souhail Lawand ACI MENA, Jan 29, 2025 / 12:15 pm On Saturday, Jan. 25, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of...
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PHOTOS: Challenges and triumphs: The custos of the Holy Land reflects on 9 years
By Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Jan 28, 2025 / 06:00 am Franciscan Father Francesco Patton’s nine-year tenure as custos of the...
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Bishops say Israel-Gaza peace agreement give an ‘uncertain road’ to recovery
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A group of Christian leaders visiting the Holy Land say they “hope that a fragile ceasefire...
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Pope Francis speaks to Catholics in Gaza parish after ceasefire
Pope Francis said the people who have been trapped in a parish in Gaza had a decent meal for the...
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Scottish Catholic aid agency says help is needed quickly after Gaza ceasefire
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – After a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, aid workers are hoping to have better access...
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Catholic bishops appeal for calm ahead of Benin’s 2026 elections
By Sabrine Amboka ACI Africa, Jan 18, 2025 / 07:00 am Members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) have...
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa on truce between Israel and Hamas: ‘It was absolutely necessary’
By Nicolás de Cárdenas ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 16:05 pm Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of...
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Holy Land Catholic leaders: End of the war is not end of the conflict
NEW YORK – As Israel and Hamas close-in on a ceasefire agreement, the Catholic ordinaries in the Holy Land said...
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