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					<description><![CDATA[St Josephine Bakhita understood what it is to be treated as property. Kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery, she lived through years of degradation that tried to erase her personhood. Her feast day exists because we refuse to look away from what was done to her, and from what is still being done [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles share with deep sorrow the news of the mass abduction that took place at St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria, in the early hours of 21 November 2025. St Mary’s is under the direction and management of the OLA Sisters, in collaboration [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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