NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — From Nigeria to Mozambique, Sudan and Congo to Burkina Faso, Christians across Africa were victims of horrific persecution in 2024, mainly because of their faith. …
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(OSV News) — As he’s sitting in a shed at a salmon farm in Argyll, a remote part of Scotland, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow’s life is only seemingly calm. He quit his …
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — A disagreement between the Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has taken a new twist, with the church rejecting a $40,000 donation from President …
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Father Christophe Komla Badjougou, a priest of the Diocese of Yagoua in northern Cameroon, was in Yaoundé to get his visa to Italy, when he …
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ROME (OSV News) — The penitential liturgy with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 1 opened with testimonies of those who have faced great suffering, among those a survivor …
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(OSV News) — The ongoing synodal conversations leading up to the Synod on Synodality has engaged church leaders in Africa on various issues, including the Catholic Church’s approach toward Christians …
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — As Kenya mourned the 21 young boys killed in a school dormitory fire Sept. 6 in Kieni, Archbishop Anthony Muheria of Nyeri said the church …
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — As Congo remained the epicenter of the latest mpox outbreak, Catholic Church leaders in the country were calling for increased action, while expressing concern at …
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(OSV News) — A leading African cardinal has described the Catholic Church in Africa as “a champion of human development,” saying that it’s precisely the church that makes up for …
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(OSV News) — As fighting continues to rage in Sudan in the Horn of Africa, Catholic bishops in neighboring South Sudan accused warring factions of committing “horrendous war crimes” while …