Deaths by suicide reach ‘highest number ever recorded’; ideation likely higher, expert says — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Studio4dich/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 30, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Deaths by suicide grew to “the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history,” reaching nearly 50,000 in 2022, according to new data released by the CDC this month. The CDC study, which shows the provisional data for 2022, reported that there were…

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Once-Catholic Spain Persecuting Rosary Protesters — By: Church Militant

MADRID (ChurchMilitant.com) – The Spanish government is attempting to prevent citizens from publicly praying the Rosary in protest of the country’s socialist government.  Spanish officials are targeting Catholics who meet every night in front of the Parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Madrid to pray the Rosary in opposition to their corrupt leadership. José Andrés…

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‘I am prepared to die a martyr’: Freed Nigerian monk recounts kidnapping, murder of brother monk — By: Catholic News Agency

Brother Godwin Eze. / Credit: Benedictine Monastery, Eruku ACI Africa, Nov 30, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Brother Peter Olarewaju recently recounted the horrific kidnapping and torture he and two other monks from a Benedictine monastery in Nigeria underwent, including the murder of one of the monks. Brother Godwin Eze spent his final hours encouraging…

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Pope to Orthodox patriarch: ‘Bonds of faith, hope and charity’ unite two churches — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 30, 2023 / 11:13 am (CNA). On the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, Pope Francis sent a message to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople expressing his “fraternal affection” and reflecting on…

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Nicaraguan dictatorship releases new photos, video of imprisoned Bishop Álvarez — By: Catholic News Agency

Some photographs of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez disseminated by the dictatorship of Nicaragua in November 2023. / Credit: Ministry of the Interior of Nicaragua ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 30, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA). In response to demands for proof that Bishop Rolando Álvarez is still alive, the Nicaraguan dictatorship’s Ministry of the Interior released…

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