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Pope Leo calls for French bishops to ‘generously include’ those attached to Traditional Latin Mass

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Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Armed groups in DR Congo still recruit children to their ranks

Jun 20, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Faith underpins efforts to rescue child soldiers in Congo

Feb 28, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Eritrean government rounds up teens from church service

Sep 8, 2022
Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Islamist insurgents kidnapping children to serve as soldiers, brides in Mozambique

Jun 30, 2021
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope circulates Nagasaki image under heading, ‘The fruit of war’

Dec 30, 2017
John L. Allen Jr.

School kids in CAR get ‘guns instead of pens,’ cardinal laments

Aug 21, 2017
Ngala Killian Chimtom

What peace means, through the eyes of former child soldiers

Feb 4, 2017
Inés San Martín

Retired Ugandan bishop seeks restorative justice for former child soldiers

Jan 6, 2017
Fredrick Nzwili, RNS

Pope Francis channels his inner Grinch, for a good cause

Pope Francis channels his inner Grinch, for a good cause

Dec 27, 2016
John L. Allen Jr.

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