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February 05, 2024

Catholic Church refutes accusations of helping alkaline attacker gain asylum

February 05, 2024

The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle today denied assisting an Afghan fugitive wanted for an alkaline attack on a woman and her two children amid claims that an unnamed priest helped him to gain asylum in the UK. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi is suspected of throwing a corrosive substance over the three in Clapham, south London,

Catholic expert highlights cholera surge in Southern Africa after Covid ‘diverted’ resources

February 05, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – UN estimates about a severe cholera outbreak across the Southern Africa region may be wide of the mark, according to a Catholic expert who says the reality may be even worse. The UN has estimated that there have been more than 3,000 deaths in the past year and almost 200,000 people affected.

Why French farmers have the support of the Church in their protest movement

February 05, 2024

The tractors have lifted their blockades of Paris and other major French cities, and the farmers have made their way home. Their two-week nationwide protest movement was suspended on Friday, 2 February, after Emmanuel Macron’s government announced a series of measures – financial and administrative – to alleviate the suffering, the anger and the despair