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‘Do not abandon Mozambique’: Catholics appeal for help amid jihadist attacks

Jul 21, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Churches have been burnt, people beheaded, and girls kidnapped. Read more

A woman stands in a burned out area after an extremist attack on the village of Aldeia da Paz, Mozambique, Aug. 24, 2019.

Mozambique’s bishops lament Islamist violence in Palma

Apr 19, 2021

The Catholic bishops of Mozambique on Friday condemned the attack by Islamist militant insurgents on Palma, a city in Cabo... Read more

Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa. Credit: Diocese of Pemba's Facebook page.

Bishop: Mozambique’s persecuted Christians living an ‘experience of the cross’

Feb 25, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Catholics living in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province have lived an “experience of the cross” amid the escalation of terrorist violence... Read more

Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa. Credit: Diocese of Pemba's Facebook page.

Catholic bishop in Mozambique hotspot transferred to Brazilian diocese

Feb 12, 2021

Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a Catholic bishop serving in a strife-torn diocese in Mozambique to lead a diocese in... Read more

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Catholic charity sends aid to Mozambique after reports of mass beheading

Nov 11, 2020

By Courtney Mares

In response to reports that militants linked to the Islamic State had beheaded more than 50 people in northern Mozambique,... Read more

A woman stands in a burned out area after an extremist attack on the village of Aldeia da Paz, Mozambique, Aug. 24, 2019.

Churches burned, people beheaded in Mozambique’s escalating extremist violence

Jul 23, 2020

By Courtney Mares

A Catholic bishop has deplored the world’s indifference to escalating extremist violence in northern Mozambique, where multiple churches have been... Read more

Cyclone Kenneth before landful just east of Pema, Mozambique, April 25, 2019.

Catholic Relief Services aids cyclone-stricken nothern Mozambique

May 2, 2019

Catholic Relief Services is appealing for additional aid after Cyclone Kenneth struck northern Mozambique last week, the second such storm... Read more