Catholic Church beatifies 19 slain clerics in Algeria
1,363 views · Published 8 December 2018 · 0:38 · Indexed 13 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics
Some 1,200 people attend a beatification ceremony in Algeria in the presence of Papal envoy Cardinal Angelo Becciu. The Catholic Church beatified seven French monks and 12 other clergy killed during the country's civil war, the first ceremony of its kind in a Muslim nation. IMAGES
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