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Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a Catholic church and a Baptist church on Sunday morning, killing three people and reportedly kidnapping more than 30 worshippers. Armed bandits on motorcycles stormed villages in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state and attacked Saint Moses Catholic Church and Maranatha Baptist Church on June 19 while people were worshiping. A local source told AP that the majority of those kidnapped were from the Baptist congregation, while the three people killed were Catholics. The attack comes two weeks after 40 Christians were killed in an attack on a Catholic church on Pentecost Sunday.
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The diocese of Bismarck is opening an inquiry into whether Michelle Duppong, a former Catholic campus minister, should be recognized as a saint of the Church. Duppong joined the Fellowship of Catholic University Students in 2006 as a student missionary and worked for years at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, South Dakota State University, the University of South Dakota, and the University of Mary in Bismarck. Her missionary and mentoring work reached hundreds of students. In 2012 she joined the staff of the Diocese of Bismarck as director of adult faith formation. A cancer diagnosis in December 2014 was followed by a year of declining health. She died on Christmas Day in 2015 at the age of 31, surrounded by family at her childhood home. The investigation into her life will gather evidence about Duppong’s life and deeds, compile any private or public writings, and collect testimony from witnesses of her life.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251592/did-a-saint-work-in-catholic-campus-ministry-bismarck-diocese-opens-inquiry-for-michelle-duppong
Today, the Church celebrates Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Born into a noble Italian family, at age 18 he signed away his legal claim to his title and his family's lands and entered the Jesuits. He died shortly thereafter of the plague at the age of 23, having devotedly cared for plague victims in Rome in the outbreak of 1591. He is the patron saint of youth, AIDS patients and AIDS caregivers.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-aloysius-gonzaga-512