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St Louis de Montfort Parish Destroyed in Cabo Delgado as Bishop Antonio Juliasse Vows Mozambique Church Will Endure Islamic State linked militants have torched the historic St Louis de Montfort parish in Minhoene village, Cabo Delgado Province, northern Mozambique on 30 April 2026. Founded in 1946, the church was burned,
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Pew Research Documents Net Catholic Losses in Italy, Chile, and Brazil as Protestant Movements Grow in Brazil, Mexico, Ghana, and the Philippines A landmark new Pew Research Center study examining religious switching across 24 countries has found that the Catholic Church is losing members through religious switching in 21 of
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Archbishop Ronald Hicks Confirms Settlement With $250,000 Per Survivor as Lotte Palace Hotel Land Sold for $490 Million The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has proposed an 800 million dollar settlement for 1,300 sex abuse survivors who were victimised as children by priests and lay staff. Archbishop
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Basilian Salvatorian Sisters Compound Damaged in Hezbollah IDF Crossfire as War Enters Third Month A Catholic convent belonging to the Basilian Salvatorian Sisters in the Lebanese border village of Yaroun has been hit during the latest escalation between Hezbollah and the IDF, with the Catholic Church accusing Israel of bulldozing
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East Jerusalem Attack on Catholic Sister Sparks International Outcry as Police Arrest 36 Year Old Suspect A French Catholic nun was shoved to the ground and brutally kicked while lying injured in East Jerusalem on 2 May 2026, in an attack so vicious that even Israel's former ambassador
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Carved and Gilded Reliquary Urn Recovered by FBI Boston Art Crime Team and Bound for Repatriation Ceremony in Rome The FBI has returned a stolen 17th century gilded wood reliquary urn to the Church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano in Italy, more than a decade after it vanished from
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COMECE Bishops Conference in Nicosia Calls for Global Peace and Highlights Plight of Holy Land Christians The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has issued a thunderous call for peace from Nicosia, Cyprus, demanding that the world's powers abandon weapons and choose dialogue