A Catholic priest was kidnapped in Nigeria Friday. Fr. Nicholas Oboh of the Diocese of Uromi has been abducted by gunmen in the state of Edo in the southwest region of the country.“We are sure that he is alive, and since the incident, steps have be
UNICEF warns that 900 former child soldiers about to be released in South Sudan could be left in limbo unless new funds are secured.Critical reintegration programmes for children released from armed forces and groups in South Sudan may be forced to shut
Just days before a suspected Islamist militant attack killed 30 people in Nigeria, a prominent bishop in the country lamented what he saw as a lack of adequate protection from the Nigerian government for the country’s nearly 100 million Christians.
At the funeral Mass for Michael Nnadi, the 18-year-old seminarian abducted and killed by gunmen last month, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto said he hoped the death would be a turning point for persecuted Christians in Nigeria.“This is a solem
“Painful reports are still emerging from northwestern Syria, particularly regarding the plight of so many women and children, as well as of people forced to flee because of a military escalation.â€Pope Francis expressed his concern for Syrians
Following the death of an 18-year-old seminarian in Nigeria at the hands of his kidnappers, the Archbishop of Lagos urged government officials to make changes to security measures.“I received with great sadness the news of the murder of the fourth
Burkina Faso’s government said heavily-armed gunmen arrived in Lamdamol village in the northwestern Seno province late at night.They began shooting civilians at random, killing 18 people and possibly more.T
“With immense sorrow we must inform you that the last seminarian, Michael, in the hands of the kidnappers, was murderedâ€. The news came in a Tweet by Aid to the Church in Need, Italy. The seminarian, Michael, had been kidnapped along with three other seminarians from the Good Shephe
As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread in China, church services in some areas have been cancelled for this weekend.Churches in Hubei, the epicenter of the virus, were shut last Sunday. This week, two more provinces announced a ban on church servi
In a statement released by the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land following the presentation of US President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity Plan, the Church leaders invite all Christians to pray for a just solution for the Holy Land question and express their opinio