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Pope Francis: “I am ready to visit South Sudan”

Church leaders in South Sudan have urged Pope Francis to visit their war-torn country, alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury. Catholic and Anglican bishops from South Sudan, alongside a Presbyterian moderator, met with Pope Francis in the Vatican and urged him to help peace efforts in their homeland. The Pope called Comboni Archbishop of Juba, Paulino …

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A Comboni Missionary Is The New Bishop Of Tarma, Peru

The Holy Father has nominated a Comboni Father, Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, as Bishop of Tarma, Peru. Until his appointment, Father Luis Alberto has been provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries province of Peru-Chile as well as vice-president of the Conference of Religious Major Superiors in Peru. Father Luis Alberto is 50 years old and …

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Ghana: Church Action Against Land Grabbing

Land grabbing literally means taking land by force. The phenomenon is spreading like an oil slick across not only Ghana but also all of Africa. “A huge portion of land has been regularly expropriated for years, and previous crops, chiefly food crops, now produce biofuels,” according to Mgr. John Kwofie, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana’s fourth …

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The “Good Shepherd Peace Centre” in South Sudan

The Good Shepherd Peace Centre was opened on October 15th in Kit, in the Archdiocese of Juba, by the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo. He was assisted by His Exc. Mgr. Paolino Lukudu Loro, Archbishop of Juba, three other Bishops, an Apostolic administrator, and a large number of Diocesan and Religious …

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