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Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel of Addis Ababa is pictured at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington Oct. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

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Ethiopian cardinal says he hopes peace agreement will end war

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 4, 2022|2 Min Read

A woman stands in line to receive food donations at the Tsehaye primary school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in Shire, in Ethiopia's Tigray region, in this March 15, 2021, file photo. During his Oct. 23, 2022, Angelus at the Vatican, Pope Francis appealed to leaders in Ethiopia and its Tigray region to "end the suffering" of the people by negotiating a peace deal; the next day leaders said they are returning to peace talks. (CNS photo/Baz Ratner, Reuters)

Pope appeals for end to fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Catholic News Service|Oct 24, 2022|2 Min Read

Villagers returning from a market in the town of Yechila walk past scores of burned vehicles in Ethiopia's Tigray region July 10, 2021. Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of Adigrat restated his call for the local and international community to act to save millions of people trapped in war. (CNS photo/Giulia Paravicini, Reuters)

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Ethiopian bishop urges action to save millions in renewed war in Tigray

Fredrick Nzwili|Oct 5, 2022|2 Min Read

Two sisters of the Daughters of Charity in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, gather for morning prayer in their convent chapel in this 2015 file photo. Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have warned that insecurity is shutting down churches and forcing more priests and nuns to flee their monasteries, as consequences of the war in the northern province of Tigray are felt across the country. (CNS photo/Petterik Wiggers, courtesy CNEWA)

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Nuns and priests flee, more churches shut in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Fredrick Nzwili|Aug 8, 2022|3 Min Read

An 8-year-old girl receives treatment at Ethiopia's Dubti Referral Hospital Feb. 24, 2022. The girl lost her left hand from explosives left near her house in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. (CNS photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters)

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New rights report documents atrocities in Ethiopia's Western Tigray

Fredrick Nzwili|Apr 6, 2022|3 Min Read

Ethiopian Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin of Adigrat is pictured in a Feb. 15, 2017, photo. Bishop Medhin has called for an immediate end to aerial bombardment in Tigray, the Ethiopian region where a deadly conflict has unfolded since November 2020. (CNS photo/Petterik Wiggers, courtesy CNEWA)

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Bishop calls for an immediate end to bombings in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 29, 2021|2 Min Read

A man holds the Ethiopian national flag during a pro-government rally in Addis Ababa Nov. 7, 2021. People were denouncing what rally organizers say is interference by the Tigray People's Liberation Front and Western countries in internal affairs of the country. (CNS photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters)

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Government forces arrest Salesians in Ethiopian capital

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 9, 2021|2 Min Read

The body of a soldier from the Ethiopian military lies covered on the main road of the village of Sheweate Hugum in Ethiopia's Tigray region July 10, 2021. The U.N. High Commission for Human Rights and Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said both sides in the wat had committed abuses that amounted to war crimes (CNS photo/Giulia Paravicini, Reuters)

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Church leaders call attention to Ethiopia as troops approach capital

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 4, 2021|3 Min Read

A tank damaged during the fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Tigray Special Forces is pictured on the outskirts of Humera July 1, 2021. Ethiopian bishops are expressing a desire for peace, healing and reconciliation across the country, especially in Tigray following a yearlong war. (CNS photo/Reuters)

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Ethiopian bishops call for ceasefire in Tigray crisis

Catholic News Agency|Jul 22, 2021|3 Min Read

A rescue boat of the Spanish NGO Proactiva approaches an overcrowded wooden vessel with migrants from Eritrea, off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea Aug. 29, 2016. Many Eritreans fled across the sea or to Ethiopia to escape political persecution, compulsory military service and war back home. (CNS photo/Giorgos Moutafis, Reuters)

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Priest says thousands of refugees in Tigray deported to Eritrea

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 4, 2021|3 Min Read

Ethiopians fleeing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region walk toward the Hamdeyat refugee transit camp in Sudan Dec. 1, 2020. (CNS photo/Baz Ratner, Reuters)

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Catholic agencies deliver aid to Ethiopia's Tigray region

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 8, 2020|2 Min Read

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