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Nigeria Diocese of Kontagora: 50 Kidnapped students who escaped, reunited with families

Pope Leo XIV Criticizes Transhumanism: ‘Death Is Not Opposed to Life’

“I am deeply sorry”: Bishop Kukah Says amid Criticism of Remarks on Genocide Targeting Christians in Nigeria

National Youth Conference a “Pentecost” of Unity, Catholic Archbishop in Uganda Urges Deeper Communion with Christ

Pope Francis’ body to lie in state until funeral on Saturday morning

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