MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Nigerian nun died saving students at boarding school after gas explosion
Lagos, Nigeria, Mar 17, 2020 / 10:23 am (CNA).- The principal and a security guard at Bethlehem Girls High School...
Read moreNonprofit seeks to provide computers to Iraqi Christian schools
Erbil, Iraq, Mar 12, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- While Christian schools in Iraq continue to suffer, a non-profit that...
Read morePilgrimages cancelled as new Israeli quarantine comes into effect
Washington D.C., Mar 12, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- This week the Israeli government announced that, from March 12, any...
Read moreIsraeli forces kill Palestinian minor in West Bank
Jerusalem, Mar 11, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- Mohammed Hamayal, a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, was shot and killed by Israeli...
Read moreNigerian priest: ‘I want the world to know of the suffering of our people’
Washington D.C., Mar 11, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- As Christians in the country face a campaign of escalating violence,...
Read moreHow Franciscans in Syria are helping kids heal from war trauma
Aleppo, Syria, Mar 7, 2020 / 06:01 am (CNA).- As a wartime missionary priest in Aleppo, Fr. Firas Lufti witnessed...
Read moreNigerian priest kidnapped after Sunday Mass has been released
Otukpo, Nigeria, Mar 3, 2020 / 02:37 pm (CNA).- A Nigerian priest who was kidnapped after offering Sunday Mass March...
Read moreNigerian priest abducted by gunmen after Sunday Mass
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- Another Catholic priest in Nigeria has been kidnapped by gunmen, according...
Read moreSouth Sudan security concerns remain high as peace process takes a step forward
Juba, South Sudan, Feb 28, 2020 / 02:17 pm (CNA).- After a newly formed unity government for South Sudan was...
Read moreBishops propose Arab World Youth Day for Middle East Catholics
Rome, Italy, Feb 28, 2020 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Bishops from the Middle East have proposed a regional youth gathering...
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