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Kidnapped Nigerian seminarian has been killed

Feb 03, 2020

One of four Nigerian seminarians kidnapped last month has been killed, reportedly by his abductors. The three seminarians kidnapped along with him were released in the weeks following their kidnapping.
Card Turkson conveys Pope's closeness to the Venezuelans

Feb 03, 2020

Cardinal Peter Turkson, the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, sent a message to the participants in the initiative, "Charity at the border", in the Colombian Diocese of Cucuta, bordering Venezuela. It concluded with a renewed commitment by all to assist both the migrants and the local communities spiritually and materially.
Shillong in celebration: 11 new priests ordained, including six Salesians

Feb 03, 2020

Over 20 thousand faithful present at the celebration. Bishop of Jowai: "Priests are agents of God's blessings and healers of those who bear physical and spiritual wounds." The occasion served to commemorate the extraordinary presence of the Salesians, who for over 100 years have contributed to the development of India.
Franciscan Superior bears witness to the Word of God with sincerity

Feb 03, 2020

The Third Order Regular of St Francis has been present in Bangladesh for 25 years. In Dinajpur a hostel hosts 50 mostly non-Christian children. In Dhaka the friars help domestic migrants. “We follow the charism of Saint Francis,” said Br Francis. “People do not expect priests to be rich, but to be faithful,” he added.
Velangkanni invigorates diocesan priests’ enthusiasm for service

Feb 03, 2020

More than 700 priests from 91 of 132 India’s Latin rite dioceses spent four days at the Marian pilgrimage center of Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu to rediscover their enthusiasm to serve the Church and society.
Pope Francis donates 600,000 medical masks to China to fight the coronavirus

Feb 03, 2020

The masks are a gift from the Holy See and the Chinese Christian communities in Italy. Card. Konrad Krajewski, the papal almsgiver; director of the Vatican pharmacy, Fr. Thomas Binish; Fr. Vincenzo Handuo, vice-rector of the Pontifical Urbanianum College in charge of organisation. The masks will be distributed in Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian. China Southern Airlines took care of transporting them for free to China.
Filmmakers point to Knock Shrine as a place of hope for Ireland

Feb 03, 2020

As Ireland grapples with high rates of depression and suicide, Irish filmmakers point to the Knock Shrine as a place of hope and healing.
Three of four abducted Nigerian seminarians have been released

Feb 03, 2020

Three of the seminarians kidnapped earlier this month in northwestern Nigeria have been released safely by their captors, an official at Good Shepherd Seminary announced Friday.
Pope Francis gives El Paso bishop rosaries for victims of Walmart shooting

Feb 03, 2020

During a recent trip to Rome with other bishops from his region, Bishop Mark Seitz asked Pope Francis to continue praying for the victims and families of those affected by the Aug. 3, 2019 shooting at an El Paso Walmart, which killed 22 people and injured 24 others.
Chinese Priest: As Christians in the midst of the Wuhan virus drama

Feb 02, 2020

Prayer, compassion, solidarity, while the inhabitants of Wuhan who have arrived in other cities are treated "like rats". The story of the first week of emergency. The pope's prayer. Meanwhile, the number of deaths due to the infection has risen to 259; 11,823 are infected in China and 129 abroad.