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The last surviving Trappist monk from Algeria massacre has died at 97

November 23, 2021

Father Jean Pierre Schumacher, one of two monks who survived the Tibhirine abbey massacre in Algeria in 1996, has died at the age of 97. Schumacher died in Morocco, where he had been living in a Trappist monastery in Midelt, on Nov. 21, the feast of Christ the King. The late monk served as the

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Pope Francis recognises martyrdom of bishop and monks slain in Algeria

January 27, 2018

The bishop was among 19 people killed in Algeria in the 1990s

Monks killed in Algeria to be recognised as martyrs

January 05, 2018

They were martyred, probably by Islamic extremists, in the early 1990s

Meet the English bishop with a desert diocese 10 times the size of Britain

May 25, 2017

Bishop John MacWilliam's new diocese covers 800,000 square miles of arid land in southern Algeria. 'You go where you are needed,' the former Army officer says

English bishop put in charge of desert diocese ten times the size of Britain

May 22, 2017

The British bishop will administer his pastoral duties from a small chapel in Algeria

In the aftermath of Fr Hamel’s murder, France must reconnect with Christian culture

August 02, 2016

The French government must recognise its culture as traditionally Judeo-Christian - in short, a cultural renaissance needs to be facilitated by the state