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Good Shepherd Seminary. (Maria Lozano, ACN via CNA)

World

Four seminarians abducted in Nigeria

Catholic News Agency|Jan 13, 2020|2 Min Read

A victim of ethnic violence rests inside a ward at the hospital in Bunia, Congo, June 25, 2019. A year after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi took office pledging democracy and stability, the nation's Catholic leaders are warning that the country faces a breakup in the face of prolonged violence. (CNS photo/Olivia Acland, Reuters)

World

Catholic leaders say Congo risks being broken apart by violence

Jonathan Luxmoore|Jan 8, 2020|3 Min Read

Smoke rises from a military base in Lamu County, Kenya, Jan. 5, 2020, after the Somali extremist group al-Shabab said it attacked the base. One American service member and two U.S. defense contractors were killed. (CNS photo/Xinhua News Agency, Latin America News Agency via Reuters)

World

Kenyan Catholic leaders alarmed at increase in terror attacks

Fredrick Nzwili|Jan 6, 2020|2 Min Read

Displaced persons in Maiduguri, who are being cared for by the local Church, in September 2014. (Aid to the Church in Need via CNA)

World

Cardinal Sarah: Nigerians killed by terrorists are ‘martyrs’

Catholic News Agency|Jan 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Bishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya at a Vatican press briefing, Oct. 24, 2018. (Catholic News Agency)

World

Pope appoints new archbishop for booming African diocese

Catholic News Agency|Dec 30, 2019|3 Min Read

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculation Conception in Ouagadougou. (Rita Willaert/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 via CNA)

World

There were over 800 extremist attacks in West Africa in 2019

Courtney Mares|Dec 19, 2019|2 Min Read

Opening Mass of the Pan-African Congress on Theology, Society, and Church Life. (Crux / Christopher White)

World

Pan-African summit opens with pleas for justice for Africa and its people

Christopher White|Dec 6, 2019|3 Min Read

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Burkina Faso bishop: As violence continues, 'nobody is listening'

Catholic News Agency|Dec 5, 2019|2 Min Read

Students at Diarrabougou School work in a classroom in Mali. The students will receive a free school lunch each day through Catholic Relief Services' Jigiya program, also known as Food for Education. The bishops of five West African nations committed to a renewed effort to seek peace in the Sahel region as growing violence has disrupted daily life and uprooted entire communities. (CNS photo/Michael Stulman, CRS)

World

Sahel bishops seek peace for region facing growing humanitarian crisis

Catholic News Service|Nov 20, 2019|3 Min Read

Retired Bishop Alfred Rotich, vice chairman of the Family Life Commission of the Kenya Catholic Bishops' Conference, speaks while holding a placard during the closing of a meeting of the parallel population summit in Nairobi Nov. 14, 2019. (CNS photo/Fredrick Nzwili)

World

Kenya bishops, pro-life groups reject Nairobi population summit document

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 14, 2019|3 Min Read

Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Communion, meet Nov. 13, 2019, in the pope’s Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Vatican press office said the pope and archbishop agreed they would travel together to South Sudan if political leaders there manage to fulfill their promise to form a transitional government of national unity within the next 100 days. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World

Pope, Anglican archbishop affirm desire to visit South Sudan together

Cindy Wooden|Nov 13, 2019|3 Min Read

A displaced woman in Dablo, Burkina Faso, looks on while she waits for help March 1, 2019. (CNS photo/Luc Gnago, Reuters)

World

Pope appeals for dialogue, protecting the vulnerable in Burkina Faso

Carol Glatz|Nov 13, 2019|2 Min Read

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