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Passionate Pastor saves young Kenyan girls from evils of Female Genital Mutilation Watch

Image of Pastor Stephen Lenku Tipatet travels Kenya to fight female genital mutilation.

Kenya banned female genital mutilation (FGM) in 2011, but thousands have gone underground to continue the atrocious act. LOS ANGELES, CA ... continue reading


Faces of the doomed? Photographer captures women in Lagos brothel, where 1.2 million people have HIV Watch

Image of Most women are forced into prostitution by other people or their economic circumstances.

The Daily Mail has published a series of photos showing women in Lagos, Nigeria who work as prostitutes. It is believed that a quarter of ... continue reading


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Have the graves of the first African slaves been found? Watch

Image of An image from 1865 shows Africans being taken into slavery. One victim is being put to death arbitrarily, or for some unknown offense.

Archaeologists have identified the origins of some of the first slaves brought to the Americas. Researchers used DNA to confirm their ... continue reading


Egypt's Christians grieve fallen believers but hold tight to faith in the Lord Watch

Image of Coptic Christians remain under attack of terrorist in Egypt.

Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos William of Assiut, Egypt, commenting on the Dec. 11, 2016 suicide bomber attack that killed 26 people and ... continue reading


Coptic Christians refuse to give up - But who are they and what do they stand for? Watch

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Following the horrific attack on <a href="https://www.catholic.org/news/international/middle_east/story.php?id=72513">St. Mark's ... continue reading


25 Dead in latest church bombing - Heavenly Father, protect your flock Watch

Image of A bombing in Cairo has destroyed a church and killed at least 25 of its parishioners.

On Sunday morning, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral's 105-year-old chapel was targeted by at least one bomb. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ... continue reading


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Parishioners killed during bishop's ordination in tragic accident WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Watch

Image of Over 100 people were killed when a church roof collapsed on parishioners.

The Reigners Bible Church International made headlines on Saturday when its roof collapsed on parishioners celebrating the ordainment of ... continue reading


South African Supreme Court strikes down physician assisted suicide, but the ruling comes with a worrisome twist Watch

Image of The Supreme Court of South Africa has struck down a lower court ruling that opened the possibility of physician assisted suicide. Now the question may be taken up by Parliament.

The Supreme Court of South Africa has overturned a ruling that could allow physicians to assist a patient who wants to commit suicide. The ... continue reading


'We know what we trust in' - The AMAZING and POWERFUL story of how ONE MAN led 300 people to God Watch

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A distant part of Ethiopia last week celebrated the baptisms of 300 adult catechumens, youth, and infants. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (CNA/EWTN ... continue reading


Nuns no longer safe? Robbery turned homicide in Democratic Republic of Congo Watch

Image of A nun (not pictured) was killed in the Republic of Congo.

A nun in the Democratic Republic of Congo was murdered earlier this week by unknown suspects in an apparent robbery, the Pontifical ... continue reading


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