MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
BREAKING: Nigerian priest abducted in new attack
Benin City, Nigeria, Feb 14, 2020 / 11:55 am (CNA).- A Catholic priest was kidnapped in Nigeria Friday. Fr. Nicholas...
Read moreDays before attack, Nigerian bishop warned of poor protection for Christians
Jos, Nigeria, Feb 11, 2020 / 10:07 pm (CNA).- Just days before a suspected Islamist militant attack killed 30 people...
Read moreSeminarian’s killing a ‘defining moment’ for Christians in Nigeria
Kaduna, Nigeria, Feb 11, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- At the funeral Mass for Michael Nnadi, the 18-year-old seminarian abducted...
Read moreNigerian archbishop: Seminarian’s killing shows government’s security failure
Lagos, Nigeria, Feb 4, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- Following the death of an 18-year-old seminarian in Nigeria at the...
Read moreUgandan archbishop forbids receiving Holy Communion in hands
Kampala, Uganda, Feb 3, 2020 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Kampala issued a decree Saturday on the proper...
Read moreKidnapped Nigerian seminarian has been killed
Sokoto, Nigeria, Feb 1, 2020 / 01:51 pm (CNA).- One of four Nigerian seminarians kidnapped last month has been killed,...
Read moreThree of four abducted Nigerian seminarians have been released
Kaduna, Nigeria, Jan 31, 2020 / 11:13 am (CNA).- Three of the seminarians kidnapped earlier this month in northwestern Nigeria...
Read moreAmid protests, Iraqi Archbishop calls for ‘equal rights and dignity’ for Christians
Washington D.C., Jan 30, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- Iraqi Christians must take an active role in the country’s future...
Read moreU.S. Middle East plan could lead to ‘more bloodshed’, bishops warn
Jerusalem, Jan 29, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- The proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan announced this week is “no solution,” Catholic...
Read moreFour aid workers missing in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 29, 2020 / 10:11 am (CNA).- Four men working in Iraq for the French humanitarian organization SOS...
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