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Vocations grow in Burkina Faso despite terrorism
January 07, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Burkina Faso, a West African nation (map), has suffered a jihadist insurgency over the past decade. Priestly vocations, according to Aid to the Church in Need, have continued to grow, with one seminary reporting a rise in seminarians (from 254 to 281) over the past five years.
The West African nation of 23 million is 56% Muslim, 26% Christian (16% Catholic), and 17% ethnic religionist.
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