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Nigerian priest freed after torture; hospitalized with deep wounds on his head

Father Marcellus Nwaohuocha of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, who was kidnapped on June 17 from Nigeria’s Jos Archdiocese, has been… Read more

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Nigerian Catholic church attacked on Pentecost Sunday last year resumes public worship

A parish church in Nigeria that was attacked on Pentecost Sunday last year reopened for Easter Sunday Mass on April 9.

St. Francis Xavier Owo… Read more

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Two CRS aid workers killed in Ethiopia

Two Catholic Relief Services (CRS) workers were shot and killed while riding in a CRS vehicle in the Amhara region of Ethiopia… Read more

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Missionary accidentally killed by police

A Zambian religious brother of the Missionaries of Africa has been killed in Burkina Faso.

Father… Read more

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Nigeria's Archbishop Kaigama prays for nation’s transformation amid crisis

The Catholic archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, Ignatius Kaigama, has said that the people of God in Nigeria are hoping to have a taste of a spiritual… Read more