“Kivu is … full of precious resources that has always been contested,” said Father Giovanni Piumatti. “That is why these Islamist groups receive backing.”
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Paris commemorates 10 years since terror attacks with Masses, church bells ringing
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsOn Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State group militants struck the heart of the City of Lights with shootings, bombings, and terror that shocked the world. Masses are held across the …
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“(In) this time of war that has not ended for 14 years now, the teaching of St. Pope John Paul II is a very important reference point, above all.”
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Bishop Melchisédech Sikuli Paluko of Butembo-Beni expressed his “spiritual closeness” to “all the families affected by this umpteenth and horrible carnage.”
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“This tragedy invites us to work even harder for the integral human development of the wounded population of this region,” the pope said.
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“Here in Iraq, we carry the memory of shattered cities and displaced people,” said Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar M. Warda.
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‘Slaughter of innocents’ in suicide bombing at Syrian church called ‘unspeakable evil’
by Dale Gavlakby Dale Gavlak“There is no justification — religious, moral, or rational — for the slaughter of innocents, least of all in a sacred space.”
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It’s the feast of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a.k.a. St. Edith Stein, and today I learned she’s co-patroness of Europe with St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Catherine …
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ROME (OSV News) — From the devastating war in 2003 to the three-year occupation of Mosul by Islamic State militants, Iraq is often portrayed as a land caught in a …
