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A savage jihad — replete with massacres, beheadings, and sexual enslavement — has been raging in the Christian-majority nation of Mozambique since 2017. Few in the West are aware of this, not least as the situation has been garbed in Marxist language

A family rests at a displacement center in Pemba, Mozambique, April 2, 2021, after fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State-linked insurgents on the town of Palma. (CNS photo/Emidio Jozine, Reuters) Religious extremism is taking a toll on the Catholic community in Mozambique. Churches have been razed and there are communities where parishioners live displaced and deserted as a result of the ongoing armed conflict in the country. The fight over natural resources in northern Mozambique has been...

Pope Francis expresses closeness to Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado Pope Francis conveys his nearness to the people of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, where around 600,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to an armed conflict. By Vatican News Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa of Pemba told Vatican News about the Pope’s expression of “closeness and great love”, which came during their private audience on Friday. The Bishop said the Pope spoke of his concern for the suffering people of Cab...