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- ↑ International Religious Freedom Report 2022: Cape Verde. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 1 2 3 "Cape Verde, Africa getting its first cardinal". Catholic News Agency. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
- ↑ "Agreement Ratified Between Holy See and Cape Verde". Zenit News Agency. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
- ↑ "Catholic Bishops of Cape Verde on their ad limina visit". Vatican Radio. 2014-09-10. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
