Middle East - Africa News
Priests abducted in Cameroon last month plead for release in new video
In the video circulated Oct. 19, one of the abductees provides updates about their welfare and pleads with their bishop... Read more
Iraqi Christians face uncertain future after eviction from ‘Virgin Mary compound’ in Baghdad
The Chaldean patriarch and an auxiliary bishop of Baghdad recently visited the Baghdad compound in an effort to find alternative... Read more
Source confirms arrest of Catholic bishop, two priests in Eritrea
The members of the clergy are being accused of highlighting violations of human rights in Eritrea in their homilies, the... Read more
Nigerian bishop appeals for help from European Parliament as terrorist attacks continue
Since Oct. 8 terrorist attacks have claimed eight lives, displaced thousands, and left parishioners traumatized in Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbea's... Read more
Caritas Algeria closes at government’s behest
The Church in Algeria announced Sunday that the country has ordered the Church’s aid organization Caritas Algeria to cease its... Read more
Pope Francis appeals for the release of kidnapped Catholics in Cameroon
Five Catholic priests, a religious sister, and three lay people were kidnapped in an attack on a Catholic church in... Read more
Pastor and more than 80 others kidnapped in attacks on two Nigerian churches
On Sept. 17, militants raided the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Suleja in Niger state and abducted dozens of worshippers... Read more
Blessed Sacrament found intact in tabernacle of church burned by armed men in Cameroon
In the aftermath of the fire that gutted a church in Cameroon, Bishop Aloysius Fondong found the sacred Hosts and... Read more
Why Pope Francis wants to visit this Islamic monarchy
Three intertwined stories set the stage for a possible papal trip to the Kingdom of Bahrain in November this year. Read more
Human rights activists call on US State Department to return Nigeria to religious freedom watchlist
Human rights advocates are calling on U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to put Nigeria back on a list of... Read more
Catholic church burned, priests and religious sister kidnapped in war-torn Cameroon
Gunmen set a Catholic church on fire and kidnapped five priests, one religious sister, and two lay people in western... Read more
Italian missionary nun killed in Mozambique
Sister Maria De Coppi, a Comboni missionary sister, was murdered by Islamist terrorists on Tuesday in Mozambique, where she had... Read more
Freed Nigerian priest recounts details of his kidnapping by insurgents
Father Stephen Ojapah had fallen fast asleep late on May 25 after an exhausting day of parish work when two... Read more
'Hope is dying' in Syria, nuncio says
Pope Francis’ representative in Syria has said people are losing hope as the Syrian civil war continues and widespread poverty... Read more
Abducted American religious sister freed in Burkina Faso
An American religious sister ministering in Burkina Faso who was kidnapped in April is free and safe after nearly five... Read more
Pakistani civil society rejects government’s allegations against Catholic-rights group
The government of Pakistan maligned the group for “alleged anti-state propaganda” by submitting a human-rights report in July to the... Read more
Pakistani Church leaders call for help for flood victims amid national emergency
More than 1,100 people have been killed, and more than 33 million people have been displaced or affected in some... Read more
Kidnapped Nigerian religious sisters released
Four religious sisters who were kidnapped while on their way to Mass Aug. 21 have been released, according to their... Read more
Four religious sisters kidnapped in Nigeria
The Sisters of Jesus the Saviour announced that four of their Sisters were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Imo state on Sunday. Read more
A Priest and Martyr for the Faith: The cause for the beatification of Father Ragheed Ganni
It has been fifteen years since the martyrdom of Father Ragheed Ganni, the Chaldean priest of the Holy Spirit parish... Read more
