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April 2017

April 11, 2017

South Sudanese bishop: It takes unity to achieve peace

Juba, South Sudan, Apr 11, 2017 / 12:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The president of the...

April 10, 2017

Global bishops unite in prayer following Egypt church bombings

Washington D.C., Apr 10, 2017 / 11:38 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following the murder of Christians...

April 10, 2017

South African bishops call on nation’s president to consider resigning

Pretoria, South Africa, Apr 10, 2017 / 10:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishops of South...

April 07, 2017

Four people charged in connection with kidnapped nun in Mali

Bamako, Mali, Apr 7, 2017 / 06:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Four people have been arrested...

April 06, 2017

In Aleppo, Christians find protection in the world’s prayers

Aleppo, Syria, Apr 6, 2017 / 02:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The attitude of Christians in...

April 02, 2017

Mali bishops plead for kidnapped nun’s release

Bamako, Mali, Apr 2, 2017 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Mali...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Scientists: Jesus’ tomb faces major risk of collapse

Jerusalem, Mar 31, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Having just undergone an extensive restoration,...

March 31, 2017

Priest visits church destroyed by ISIS: This is from the devil

Mosul, Iraq, Mar 31, 2017 / 12:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The desolation of a burned...

March 30, 2017

In DRC, political uncertainty after bishops withdraw from peace talks

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mar 29, 2017 / 08:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Political...

March 24, 2017

We’re all responsible for seminarians, African bishop says

Cape Coast, Ghana, Mar 23, 2017 / 08:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Priestly formation isn't a...

March 16, 2017

South Sudan bishop says nation’s prayers must provoke change

Juba, South Sudan, Mar 16, 2017 / 03:34 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid war, displacement and...

March 16, 2017

Nigeria’s bishops call on government to defend human rights

Abuja, Nigeria, Mar 16, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At a recent meeting, the...

March 15, 2017

Among horror stories from Syria, a woman’s unborn baby was cut in half

Aleppo, Syria, Mar 15, 2017 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Warning: The following article contains...

March 10, 2017

Critics of church demolitions in Sudan pressured to keep silent

Khartoum, Sudan, Mar 10, 2017 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians who are criticizing government...

March 08, 2017

Four Ethiopia nuns killed in car crash on the way to a funeral

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mar 8, 2017 / 01:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Church in Ethiopia...

March 08, 2017

Bishop rejects South Sudan president’s day of prayer as a political move

Juba, South Sudan, Mar 8, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The call by South...

March 02, 2017

Egypt’s Christians are being driven out – will the world notice?

Cairo, Egypt, Mar 2, 2017 / 03:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A spike in attacks on...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

South Sudanese bishops call for food aid, peace negotiations

Juba, South Sudan, Feb 28, 2017 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The bishops of South...

February 25, 2017

Are MidEast youth are losing the virtue of hope?

Beirut, Lebanon, Feb 25, 2017 / 12:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Syriac-Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III...

February 24, 2017

Syrian priest: After liberation of Aleppo, living conditions still dire

Aleppo, Syria, Feb 24, 2017 / 12:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Nearly three months after the...

February 23, 2017

Iraqi Christians erect large cross in area liberated from ISIS

Mosul, Iraq, Feb 23, 2017 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After years of darkness, hope...

February 23, 2017

In DR Congo, an upsurge of violence against the Church

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Feb 22, 2017 / 06:09 pm (Aid to the...

February 10, 2017

Nun in Mali kidnapped by alleged jihadists

Bamako, Mali, Feb 10, 2017 / 02:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Colombian bishops are asking...

February 10, 2017

Bishop says the Christian influence in Jordan is still strong

Amman, Jordan, Feb 10, 2017 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Jerusalem Bishop William Shomali, newly...

February 07, 2017

Proceeds of Vatican art project will go to children’s hospital in CAR

Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb 7, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Inspired by Pope...

February 02, 2017

Nigerian bishop: Evangelize though family, social media

Abuja, Nigeria, Feb 1, 2017 / 09:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- For one Catholic bishop in...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

Ivory Coast bishops call for dialogue, prayer after mutinies

Katiola, Ivory Coast, Jan 26, 2017 / 02:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After two weeks of...

January 24, 2017

Christians assess damage on Iraq’s Nineveh plain, ravaged by ISIS

Erbil, Iraq, Jan 24, 2017 / 12:03 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- “I...

January 20, 2017

‘We must never become accustomed’ to the Holy Land occupation

Jerusalem, Jan 20, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The 50 year-long of occupation of...

January 19, 2017

Don’t give in to complacency, Nigerian archbishop warns

Shendam, Nigeria, Jan 19, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A prominent Nigerian archbishop last...