Catholic cardinals in Iran and Israel pray for peace as violence escalates — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (pictured) and Cardinal Dominique Mathieu of the Archdiocese of Tehran–Isfahan in Iran asked for prayers on June 16, 2025, as the conflict between Iran and Israel escalated. / Credit: Courtesy of Custos of the Holy Land Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 18:40 pm (CNA). Catholic leaders…

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Up to 200 displaced Nigerian Christians killed in ‘worst’ attack yet — By: Catholic News Agency

Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025. / Credit: Red Confidential/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 17:01 pm (CNA). Islamist Fulani militants swooped into the town of Yelewata in Nigeria’s Benue state and killed up to 200 Nigerian Christians on Friday in what international aid organizations…

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