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Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass near Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with 120,000 people in Cameroon: 'Bring the bread of life to your neighbors'

Courtney Mares|Apr 17, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV releases a dove with community representatives at the conclusion of a peace meeting at St. Joseph Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, April 16, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

'We can always begin anew': Pope Leo leads peace meeting in heart of Cameroon's conflict zone

Courtney Mares|Apr 16, 2026|7 Min Read

A view of Yaoundé, Cameroon, is seen April 15, 2026, during Pope Leo XIV’s visit. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Cameroon as 'a servant of dialogue' amid violent separatist conflict

Courtney Mares|Apr 15, 2026|5 Min Read

Women hold portraits of Pope Leo XIV at Yaounde Nsimalen International Airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 15, 2026, ahead of the pontiff's arrival to begin his apostolic journey to the African country. Late on April 13, separatist factions operating in Cameroon's Anglophone regions announced a temporary cessation of hostilities would be in place during the papal visit. (OSV News photo/Luc Gnago, Reuters)

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Cameroon separatists declare temporary ceasefire ahead of pope's visit to conflict-hit regions

OSV News|Apr 15, 2026|2 Min Read

This is a screenshot from video showing some of people who were abducted by separatists in Cameroon, all of whom have since been freed. All nine, including clergy, were seized Sept. 16, 2022, when 60 attackers destroyed St. Mary's Catholic Church in the southwestern village of Nchang, close to the Nigerian border. (CNS screenshot Cameroon News Agency)

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Religious workers in Cameroon freed after more than a month

Killian Chimtom|Oct 24, 2022|2 Min Read

Five priests, a nun, and three lay people were abducted Sept. 16, 2022, after gunmen attacked their parish in Mamfe Diocese, Cameroon. (Mamfe Diocese via CNA)

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Priests abducted in Cameroon last month plead for release in new video

Jude Atemanke|Oct 19, 2022|3 Min Read

Displaced people fleeing the war in Cameroon. (Public Domain via CNA)

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Catholic church burned, priests and religious sister kidnapped in war-torn Cameroon

Catholic News Agency|Sep 18, 2022|2 Min Read

Freed: Msgr. Julius Agbortoko Abbor, vicar general of Cameroon’s Mamfe diocese. (Diocese of Mamfe)

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Catholic priest in Cameroon freed after three days in captivity

Catholic News Agency|Sep 2, 2021|3 Min Read

In this Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon's Incumbent President Paul Biya wait to casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. (Sunday Alamba/AP via Crux)

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Cameroon bishop condemns corruption in distribution of COVID aid

Ngala Killian Chimtom|May 28, 2021|3 Min Read

Cameroon military displaying weapons seized from separatists in Bamenda, March 4, 2021. (Moki Edwin Kindzeka/VOA via Crux)

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Cameroon bishop’s anniversary Mass disrupted by gunfire

Ngala Killian Chimtom|May 10, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Christian Tumi of Cameroon in a February 2021 photo. (Crux)

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Cameroon Church leaders use cardinal’s funeral to call for end to violence

Ngala Killian Chimtom|Apr 22, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Christian Tumi, retired archbishop of Douala, Cameroon, attends a consistory ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 18, 2012, file photo. (Eric Vandeville, Abaca Press/Reuters via CNS)

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Cameroon’s lone cardinal and ‘fearless preacher’ dies on Good Friday

Ngala Killian Chimtom|Apr 5, 2021|5 Min Read

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