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Mexico

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Mexican priest murdered, archbishop attacked in same week

David Agren|May 24, 2023|3 Min Read

A member of the Mexican army stands guard outside a church in the parish community of Cerocahui June 22, 2022. Jesuit Fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar were murdered at the parish June 20 as they offered refuge to a tour guide seeking protection. (CNS photo/Reuters)

24 members of Congress write Biden about Jesuit murders, Mexico violence

David Agren|Aug 5, 2022|3 Min Read

A priest prays over a casket during a during a burial outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for at least 50 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. (CNS photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)

World

Two churches attacked in northern Nigeria

Inés San Martín|Jun 20, 2022|4 Min Read

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is seen at the Department of Justice in Washington June 13, 2022. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Justice Department urged to address violent attacks on pro-life centers

Julie Asher|Jun 17, 2022|5 Min Read

Local and national media, along with police, crowd the parking lot at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022, after four hostages were taken during services at nearby Congregation Beth Israel. After about an 11-hour standoff with an FBI crisis response team on the scene, the incident at the synagogue ended with the hostages' release and the hostage-taker being fatally shot. (CNS photo/Kevin Bartram, North Texas Catholic Magazine)

‘We offered them a safe space’: Texas priest details parish's role helping synagogue hostage families

Katie Yoder|Jan 18, 2022|3 Min Read

Irish nationalists are seen near the “peace wall” gates into Lanark Way during protests in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 7, 2021. (Jason Cairnduff/Reuters via CNS)

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Northern Ireland archbishop expresses ‘sadness and loss’ over partition anniversary

Charles Collins|Jan 3, 2022|3 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan, speaks at a symposium on religious freedom presented by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See in Rome in 2018. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Pakistan cardinal says homeland has ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’

Inés San Martín|Oct 19, 2021|8 Min Read

Hong Kong protesters hold East Turkestan Uighur flags at a rally Dec. 22, 2019, in support of the human rights and religious rights of the Uighurs, most of whom are Muslim, in China's Xinjiang region. (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)

World

Pew: Social hostility toward religion down, government hostility stays high

Mark Pattison|Sep 30, 2021|4 Min Read

Soldiers from Chad drive in the retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. Armies from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger launched an offensive to end Boko Haram's six-year campaign, which has killed thousands in northern Nigeria and spilled over into Cameroon and Niger. (CNS photo/Emmanuel Braun, Reuters)

World

New report says anti-Christian violence in Nigeria highest level for years

Inés San Martín|Jul 29, 2021|3 Min Read

A woman is pictured in a file photo praying at St. Anthony Church in Yangon, Myanmar. Experts speaking during an International Christian Concern panel say persecution is worsening for Christians in post-coup Myanmar. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)

World

Persecution worsens for Christians in post-coup Myanmar, experts say

Catholic News Service|Jul 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Flag of Mali. (Image via CNA)

World

Kidnappers free Catholic priest and four others in Mali

Catholic News Agency|Jun 24, 2021|3 Min Read

Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso of Nigeria’s Kaduna Archdiocese. (Courtesy Photo via CNA)

World

Nigerian archbishop prays for killers’ conversion at burial of murdered Catholic priest

Catholic News Agency|Jun 3, 2021|3 Min Read

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