MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Catholic priest freed two years after kidnapping by jihadist group
CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2020 / 03:00 am (CNA).- An Italian Catholic priest was freed Thursday two years after he...
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Syriac Catholic Patriarch offers free tuition, rent assistance after Beirut blast
CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2020 / 12:59 am (CNA).- On August 4, a fire in the capital city of Beirut,...
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Aid to the Church in Need providing aid to nuns in poverty during pandemic
CNA Staff, Oct 5, 2020 / 10:00 pm (CNA).- The Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in...
Read moreNigerian priest, kidnapped for a second time in two years, has been released
Denver Newsroom, Sep 29, 2020 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- Gunmen kidnapped a Catholic priest in Nigeria’s Delta State on Saturday,...
Read moreIraqi archbishop who preserves historic manuscripts nominated for Sakharov Prize
CNA Staff, Sep 25, 2020 / 06:19 pm (CNA).- The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul has been nominated for the Sakharov...
Read moreConference highlights ‘forgotten’ persecuted Christians
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 24, 2020 / 12:10 pm (CNA).- Religious and political leaders warned that Christians in the West...
Read moreCardinal says Syria has been hit with a ‘poverty bomb’
Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- After nearly 10 years of war, the Syrian people have now...
Read moreNigerian archbishop builds house for physically challenged girl
Onitsha, Nigeria, Sep 10, 2020 / 11:41 am (CNA).- Archbishop Valerian Okeke of Onitsha on Tuesday blessed and handed over...
Read moreTwo religious sisters in Mozambique still missing after Islamist attack
Rome Newsroom, Sep 4, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Two religious sisters in Mozambique are still unaccounted for three weeks...
Read moreLebanese cardinal says international court could look at Beirut blast
CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2020 / 02:30 pm (CNA).- The Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch has said an international court...
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