MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Another priest missing in Burkina Faso
CNA Staff, Jan 20, 2021 / 04:20 pm (CNA).- A Catholic bishop in Burkina Faso is asking for prayers after...
Read moreCatholic priest in Nigeria found dead after abduction
CNA Staff, Jan 18, 2021 / 11:05 am (CNA).- The body of a Catholic priest was discovered in Nigeria on...
Read moreZambian bishop, 53, dies of COVID-19 complications
Monze, Zambia, Jan 14, 2021 / 12:31 pm (CNA).- Bishop Moses Hamungole of Zambia’s Monze Diocese died Wednesday of COVID-19-related...
Read moreIraqi Catholics urged to pray at Sunday Masses that Pope Francis will be able to visit country
CNA Staff, Jan 14, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).- A cardinal has called on Iraqi Catholics to pray at Sunday...
Read moreIraq: Papal visit logo unveiled amid uncertainty over Pope Francis’ March trip
Rome Newsroom, Jan 13, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- More information has been released about the papal visit to Iraq,...
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On Baptism of the Lord 2021, Franciscan friars return to site of Christ’s baptism after 50 years
Rome Newsroom, Jan 10, 2021 / 03:52 pm MT (CNA).- For the first time in over 54 years, the Franciscan...
Read moreFranciscan friars return to site of Christ’s baptism after 50 years
Rome Newsroom, Jan 10, 2021 / 03:52 pm (CNA).- For the first time in over 54 years, the Franciscan friars...
Read moreCentral African Republic rebels seize Bangassou, bishop reports
Bangassou, Central African Republic, Jan 5, 2021 / 02:56 pm (CNA).- The Central African Republic city of Bangassou has been...
Read moreLebanese cardinal urges leaders to help country avoid ‘total collapse’
Rome Newsroom, Jan 5, 2021 / 12:30 pm (CNA).- Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch has said that the country could be facing...
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Clericalism is ‘very evident’ in Holy Land
CNA Staff, Jan 4, 2021 / 02:00 pm MT (CNA).- The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has said that clericalism is...
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