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by bcadmin | May 5, 2022 | Africa, Algeria, conversion, England, France, George Orwell, News, Père Charles de Foucauld, secularism, The Dispatch | 0 |
On May 15 the Catholic Church will canonize Père Charles de Foucauld, a missionary priest active in French Algeria just over a century ago. But his rank of sainthood comes with rancor. Critics of France’s […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Algeria, Catholic news, Free Access, Martyrs of Algeria, News, Tibhirine, Trappists | 0 |
Father Jean Pierre Schumacher, one of two monks who survived the Tibhirine abbey massacre in Algeria in 1996, has died at the age of 97. Schumacher died in Morocco, where he had been living in a Trappist monastery in Midelt, on Nov. 21, the feast of Christ the King. The late monk served as the
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2021 | Algeria, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Martyrs of Algeria, News, Obituary, Trappist Monks | 0 |
Trappist Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last survivor of the 1996 attack on the Tibhirine monastery in Algeria, died at the age of 97.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 3, 2021 | Algeria, Christian persecution, Interviews, lead, News | 0 |
Christians in the north African country of Algeria are facing increasing harassment, with three churches shut down to alleged concerns over building safety regulations and the lack of permits.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Algeria, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Obituary | 0 |
Retired Archbishop Henri Teissier of Algiers, who dedicated his life to interreligious dialogue and the pastoral care of Algeria’s small Catholic community, died Dec. 1 in Lyon at the age of 91.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2020 | Algeria, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, International Christian Concern, Interviews, lead, News, religious liberty | 0 |
Ahead of a Nov. 1 referendum on changing Algeria’s constitution, a leading Christian rights organization is voicing concerns over the possible effects on religious freedom.
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