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  • For Lent, Congolese bishop urges helping people displaced by violence

    For Lent, Congolese bishop urges helping people displaced by violence

    • Feb 18, 2021

    A bishop in eastern Congo urged special humanitarian efforts during Lent, after rebel forces stormed a church during a Sunday Mass, leaving at least 30 dead and injured. Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of Butembo-Beni said Catholics “should go beyond compassion by helping those internally displaced, who are now especially numerous

    By Jonathan Luxmoore
  • Cardinal says ‘devil is running loose’ in El Salvador after political killings

    Cardinal says ‘devil is running loose’ in El Salvador after political killings

    • Feb 2, 2021

    Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez asked the country to pray “for liberation from Satan” Feb. 1 after violence erupted following a political rally late Jan. 31 in the capital, San Salvador.

    By Rhina Guidos
  • Amid violence, Central African Republic bishops denounce ‘lack of patriotisms’

    Amid violence, Central African Republic bishops denounce ‘lack of patriotisms’

    • Jan 19, 2021

    Calling for peace in the Central African Republic, local bishops have argued that the country has “suffered too much from external plots with local complicities” to not work together to foster a lasting peace.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Robbers invade convent in Uganda, beat nuns while taking valuables, cash

    Robbers invade convent in Uganda, beat nuns while taking valuables, cash

    • Jul 13, 2020

    Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni instructed security officials to carry out a thorough investigation to track down robbers who attacked a convent 75 miles west of the capital.

    By Godfrey Olukya
  • Seeking answers to violence and rage, don’t forget fatherhood

    • Jun 14, 2020

    Does Father’s Day give us some insights into how our troubles have come about? Can it help us to find resolution and healing to the ills of our day?

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Mexican churches attacked during Women’s Day marches

    Mexican churches attacked during Women’s Day marches

    • Mar 11, 2020

    Across Mexico, including in the capital Mexico City, protestors attacked Catholic cathedrals, mostly by throwing paint on the churches, but some attacks incendiary devices, including Molotov cocktails.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Bishops want end to poisonous attacks that immobilize Zambians

    Bishops want end to poisonous attacks that immobilize Zambians

    • Feb 25, 2020

    The Zambian bishops’ conference called for an immediate end to attacks in which people are sprayed with poisonous substances to immobilize them.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping

    Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping

    • Jan 1, 2020

    The frequency of attacks on houses of worship has faith leaders and law enforcement grappling with how to protect people when they are at their most vulnerable.

    By Gary Fields and David Crary
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