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Jihadists in Mozambique are attempting to establish a caliphate, a local bishop warned.

“The signs are all there,” Bishop António Juliasse of Pemba told Aid to the Church in Need. “They speak openly of a caliphate. When they find people, when they kidnap victims, that is what they say, that they are working for a caliphate.”

A brutal Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province began in 2017. The Southeast African nation of 34.2 million (map) is 57% Christian (32% Catholic), 18% Muslim, and 24% ethnic religionist.

A survey of 1,604 U.S. adult citizens, conducted between May 29 and June 1, found that 55% had a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV. 23% expressed an unfavorable opinion, and 21% said they “don’t know.”

Kamala Harris voters (84%), liberals (79%), Democrats (79%), and college graduates (65%) were more likely to have a favorable opinion of the Pontiff than Trump voters (37%), conservatives (42%), Republicans (42%), and those with no degree (50%).

Authorities in Òdena, a small town in Catalonia, Spain, bricked up a parish church after vandals ransacked it, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe reported.

“The attack caused strong indignation among residents and parishioners, particularly because the response ultimately focused on sealing the church rather than immediately prosecuting those responsible,” the Observatory reported. “To prevent further break-ins or acts of desecration, authorities decided to brick up the church, the rectory and the lower parish premises.”