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by CNA Staff Astana, Kazakhstan, Jan 8, 2022 / 04:45 am Bishop Athanasius Schneider said on Saturday that Catholics in Kazakhstan are safe amid unprecedented unrest in the Central Asian country. Schneider, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana, issued the message on his Twitter account on …

CNA Staff, Feb 3, 2021 / 11:38 am MT (CNA).- Cardinal Charles Maung Bo urged Burma’s military on Wednesday to release Aung San Suu Kyi after its “shocking” coup on Feb. 1. In a statement published Feb. 3 on the website of the Archdiocese of Yangon, the cardinal appealed to …

Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2021 / 05:57 pm MT (CNA).- Catholic bishops strongly condemned pro-Donald Trump protesters’ incursion that penetrated the Capitol Building Wednesday as Congress debated the certification of the presidential election results, leading to the evacuation of lawmakers and the deadly shooting of one protester by law enforcement. …

By Matt Hadro Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 26, 2020 / 11:35 am MT (CNA).- Catholics in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are praying for peace after a third night of violence following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. “The evil that they see is not everything,” a staffer at St. James Parish in …