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Abducted seminarian murdered in Nigeria; priest released after 10 days in captivity
Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in…
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Nigerian diocese pays tribute to priest who was murdered on Ash Wednesday
Father Sylvester Okechukwu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. /…
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44-year-old priest murdered amid Myanmar civil war
Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Mandalay ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 19, 2025 /…
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Catholic priest in Nigeria murdered by ‘unidentified assailants’
Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was manager of the respective schools of nursing, midwifery, and medical laboratory at Our Lady of…
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Report: 80 priests murdered in Mexico over last three decades
The most recent murder of a priest in Mexico occurred Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Martha Calderón/ACI Prensa Puebla, Mexico,…
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Murdered priest in Mexico remembered as ‘tireless apostle of peace’
In an Aug. 2, 2024, interview, Father Marcelo Pérez revealed that a “price” had been put on his life. The…
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Catholic journalist murdered in Democratic Republic of Congo eulogized as ‘man of peace’
Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of the Goma Diocese presides over the Oct. 1, 2024, funeral Mass for Edmond Bahati Mbarushimana,…
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Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa
null / Credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 19, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The pontifical…
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Parishioners murdered in Newton, Massachusetts, were ‘salt of the earth’ pastor says
Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Newton, Massachusetts. / Credit: Gms0700, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Boston, Mass.,…
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Report vindicates Cuba movement’s claim that Castro regime murdered their leader
Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas. / Credit: MCL ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 15, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). The national coordinator of…
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