Africa

(OSV News) — The chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, has described religious freedom conditions in Nigeria as “abysmal.” Speaking July 18 at a House …

(OSV News) — When the next consistory convenes at the Vatican on Sept. 30, a South Sudanese archbishop — whose installation met stiff resistance — will be among the 21 …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — “Death does not announce any day,” cautions a Nigerian proverb. It’s advice the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Makurdi — in Nigeria’s Benue state — …

(OSV News) — Two Catholic Relief Services staff members were shot and killed Easter Sunday in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, according to the U.S. Catholic Church’s international aid agency. Details of …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — An international Catholic pro-life organization is warning that the West’s fight against gender-based violence in Africa has a hidden agenda of promoting abortion. The warning …

By Cindy Wooden KINSHASA, Congo (CNS) — The people of Congo are more precious than any of the gems or minerals found in the earth beneath their feet, yet they …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — Deadly violence hit Christians in Africa Jan. 15, with a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria burned to death and as many as 17 Christians killed …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS Rome) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy …

By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Eritrean authorities have freed Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim after 75 days in prison. Bishop Tsalim, the 52-year-old bishop of Segheneity, an eparchy …