MALMÖ, Sweden (OSV News) — A new report by Open Doors International said that more than 380 million Christians faced persecution and discrimination in 2024, an increase of 15 million …
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IHIALA, Nigeria (OSV News) — In a dark sign of descending security in Africa’s most populous country, a Catholic priest has been shot dead on the open road in southeast …
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Good evening and Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a blessed Christmas octave and that the joy of celebrating the Child Jesus is with you and yours. Catch up on …
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — Leaders of the Catholic Church in Nigeria expressed deep sorrow at the death of several people at one of the church’s Christmas charity events, as …
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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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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Catholic health care professionals have condemned the Aug. 15 kidnapping of 20 Catholic medical students in Nigeria. In an Aug. 23 press release, the Catholic Medical …
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By Valentine Benjamin LAGOS, Nigeria (OSV News) — For decades, Nigeria has remained a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa, with her citizens making up …
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(OSV News) — Recent kidnappings of hundreds of people in Nigeria, including almost 300 schoolchildren March 7 in Kuriga in the central part of the country, have left church leaders …
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(OSV News) — The Australian Catholic University’s Center for Liturgy offered a training program for lay liturgical ministers of the Word in Nigeria. The program, delivered online, aims to equip …
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Nigerian religious sisters provide humanitarian assistance to Cameroon refugees
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Valentine Benjamin WUKARI, Nigeria (OSV News) — It was a day Andre Nkoulou from Cameroon will never forget. On Sept. 19, 2018, armed groups and government forces laid siege …