The diocese said it was entrusting Father Otache, and all others currently held captive by kidnappers across the country, to Mary’s powerful intercession.
Africa
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“The brothers and sisters were not traveling to Subukia as tourists, but as pilgrims. They were people of faith.”
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“The greatest suffering falls upon the most vulnerable,” the bishops said, pointing to children, women, the elderly and the sick.
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Catholic bishops in Africa expressed solidarity and closeness to Archbishop Alick Banda of Lusaka, Zambia, and the Zambian bishops conference, following the prelate’s arrest over a car gift.
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“Through the services of both the diocesan and national Caritas organizations, the Church is doing its utmost to stand by these bereaved families.”
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Bishop Citora Afonso’s violent death by “an assassin was a harsh blow to the heart of the Catholic Church in Mozambique and continues to cause us grief.”
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(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV mourned Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Xai-Xai in Mozambique, who died Aug. 3 while undergoing treatment in Maputo Central …
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The faithful must be “properly informed so that they are not misled by the use of the name Catholic or by external forms of Catholic worship.”
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El-Obeid is currently under constant bombardment and drone strikes, as the paramilitary attempts to dislodge the Sudanese armed forces.
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“He maintained many contacts with various rebel leaders and the authorities, always striving to mediate and find resolutions for the conflicts.”
