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Parish priest in Nigeria abducted while answering sick call
Nigerian priest Father Kingsley Eze was kidnapped Nov. 30, 2023, traveling to a sick call. / Credit: Catholic Diocese of…
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Opus Dei priest dies from heart attack while preaching at retreat
Father Fadi Sarraf, 51, was a recently ordained Opus Dei priest. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Opus Dei CNA Staff,…
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Catholic News - General
German missionary priest released a year after being abducted in Mali
Father Hans-Joachim Lohre, a German priest who was reportedly kidnapped in November 2022 in Mali, was freed Nov. 26, 2023.…
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Catholic News - Americas
Missionary priest builds up Haiti one student, one classroom at a time
Father Louis Merosne at College Sainte Anne, a parochial Catholic school from seventh-12th grade. / Credit: Father Louis Merosne CNA…
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Catholic News - Americas
Twins baptized by twins: Babies welcomed into the Church by priest, deacon twin brothers
Twins baptized by twins — Gianna and Andrew Renwick with Father Ben and Deacon Luke Daghir. / Credit: Don Wojtaszek…
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Catholic News - General
Pope Francis appoints long-standing parish priest as New Zealand bishop
Pope Francis on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, appointed Father Richard Laurenson as the new bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton…
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Priest in Mexico escapes unharmed after gunmen shoot at him due to his human rights work
Father José Filiberto Velázquez Florencio, a priest of the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero, reported that…
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Indian priest who joined Hindu nationalist party relieved of duties by bishop
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the his supporters during a political event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party…
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Abducted priest in Nigeria released, diocese ‘grateful’
Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide was reportedly abducted from Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese on Sept. 17, 2023. / Credit: Enugu Diocese ACI…
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U.S. priest brings more than 1,000 prayer intentions to Ulma family beatification
Father Michael Niemczak at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, right before celebrating Mass at the altar of the…
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