Church leaders in Congo cautiously welcomed a U.S.-brokered July 27 peace agreement to end a long-running conflict in the east of the country.
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Most of those killed in the recent tragic events were internally displaced persons “sheltered by the local Catholic mission.”
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Kenyan bishops expressed distress that the killing of two parish priests appeared veiled with malicious intent and mystery.
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African church leaders share their experiences of meeting the future Pope Leo XIV when he visited the continent as prior general of the Augustinian order.
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“With deep sorrow, but hope of the resurrection, the Capuchin Friars of Nigerian Custody, we announce the death of some of our brothers,” said Brother John Kennedy Anyanwu, custos of …
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Pope Francis visited 10 countries during his five apostolic trips to Africa, where he spoke about the need for peace, and discussed economic exploitation and corruption, refugees and migrants, and …
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Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan expressed alarm at the escalating violence in the world’s youngest nation and warned of a catastrophe if full-scale war returns.
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Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, fell victim to the attack on March 18. The attackers smashed the wall of the …
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Attacks and kidnappings of Catholic clergy are on the rise in the West African nation of Nigeria.
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(OSV News) — A “silent genocide” — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 …
