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Month: January 2020

Is Islam Really a Religion of Peace?

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | |

By Edward Pentin |

When Islamist terrorism strikes, often the media and others will make excuses in virtue of “political correctness” not to mention the fact that they tend to ignore the original…

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Three of four abducted Nigerian seminarians have been released

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | , |

Kaduna, Nigeria, Jan 31, 2020 / 11:13 am (CNA).- Three of the seminarians kidnapped earlier this month in northwestern Nigeria have been released safely by their captors, an official at Good Shepherd Seminary announced Friday.

One of the seminarians who was abducted Jan. 8 remains at large.

Fr. Joel Usman, registrar of the seminary in Kaduna, made the announcement Jan. 31.

One of the three men who were released had been freed Jan. 18. He was dumped on the side of the  Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria Express Way. He was taken to hospital after being found by passing motorists, and was being treated in an intensive care unit.

Pius Kanwai, 19; Peter Umenukor, 23; Stephen Amos, 23; and Michael Nnadi, 18, were taken from Good Shepherd Seminary in Kaduna, around 10:30 pm on Jan. 8 by gunmen.

The gunmen, disguised in military camouflage, broke through the fence surrounding the seminarians’ living quarters and began shooting sporadically. They stole laptops and phones before kidnapping the four young men.

Each of the abductees were first year philosophers, sources told ACI Africa.

Nearly 270 seminarians live at Good Shepherd.

Good Shepherd Seminary is located just off the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria Express Way. According to AFP, the area is “notorious for criminal gangs kidnapping travelers for ransom.”

The news agency said that schoolgirls and staff from a boarding school also located near the highway were kidnapped in October, and were later released.

“The security situation in Nigeria is appalling”, Thomas Heine-Geldern, executive president of ACN International, said Jan. 13. “Criminal gangs are further exploiting the chaotic situation and making matters still worse.”

He compared the situation in Nigeria to that of Iraq prior to the Islamic State’s invasion: “Already at that stage, Christians were being abducted, robbed and murdered because there was no protection by the state. This must not be allowed to happen to the Christians of Nigeria. The government must act now, before it is too late.”

Kidnappings of Christians in Nigeria have multiplied in recent months, a situation that has prompted Church leaders to express serious concern about the security of their members and to call on the government to prioritize the security of its citizens.

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Vatican working to get U.S., Russia to discuss nuclear arms reduction

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The Holy See is working through nongovernmental channels to bring U.S. and Russian negotiators together to discuss new reductions in the countries’ nuclear weapons arsenals, an official with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Integral Human Development said during a visit to The Catholic University of America.

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USCCB announces new head of National Review Board

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Washington D.C., Jan 31, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced the new chair of the National Review Board, a lay advisory body to the bishops on the protection of children and youth.

Suzanne Healy was appointed …

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TV Picks 02.02.20

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | |

By Daniel J. Engler |
DAILY

Litanies

EWTN Shown at varying times, morning, noon and evening, EWTN’s litanies include the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Most Holy Name of Jesus, the Most Precious…

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Salt, Light and Works of Mercy

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | |

By Father Jordan Schmidt | Sunday, Feb. 9, is the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A). Mass readings: Isaiah 58:7-10; Psalm 112:4-9; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16.

In today’s Gospel,…

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Letters 02.02.20

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | |

By The Editors | Holy Woman

Thanks for your coverage of the recently beatified Brother James Miller and other exemplary Catholic Americans (“Sanctity in the USA: Holy Americans,” Jan. 5-18 issue).

Also worthy of their…

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Home Video Picks & Passes 02.02.20

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | |

By Steven D. Greydanus | The Fugitive (1993) — PICK

Harriet (2019) — PICK

New on home video, Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet is a superhero origin story for three demographics underserved by mainstream…

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