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Eritrean authorities free Catholic bishop held 75 days in prison

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 29, 2022|2 Min Read

Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim. (Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need via Crux)

World

Will the Catholic world rally to defend imperiled bishop in Eritrea?

John L. Allen Jr.|Nov 27, 2022|5 Min Read

People in Washington demonstrate near the State Department Nov. 18, 2022, in support of Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim, who has been imprisoned by Eritrean authorities since mid-October. (CNS photo/Kurt Jensen)

Group meets at State Department to seek release of Eritrean bishop

Kurt Jensen|Nov 21, 2022|3 Min Read

Father Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada and Father Tesfaldet Asghedom, two natives of Eritrea serving at Sacred Heart Church in LA, both served previously with Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim in their homeland. Bishop Fikremariam has been detained by Eritrean authorities since Oct. 15. (Victor Alemán)

LA’s Eritrean Catholics stand in solidarity with arrested bishop

Ann Rodgers|Nov 8, 2022|6 Min Read

Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel of Addis Ababa is pictured at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington Oct. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

World

Ethiopian cardinal says he hopes peace agreement will end war

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 4, 2022|2 Min Read

Passengers are processed at the immigration section after arriving at Asmara International Airport in Asmara, Eritrea, July 18, 2018. Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the airport Oct. 15, 2022. (CNS photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters)

World

Eritrean authorities detain Catholic bishop, but won't say why

Fredrick Nzwili|Oct 18, 2022|3 Min Read

The La Salle Agro-Technical school of Hagaz situated in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea. (Arcangelo Gentile)

World

Eritrean government seizes church-owned technical school

Fredrick Nzwili|Aug 29, 2022|3 Min Read

An 8-year-old girl receives treatment at Ethiopia's Dubti Referral Hospital Feb. 24, 2022. The girl lost her left hand from explosives left near her house in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. (CNS photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters)

World

New rights report documents atrocities in Ethiopia's Western Tigray

Fredrick Nzwili|Apr 6, 2022|3 Min Read

An Eritrean Catholic priest in California distributes Communion during a Divine Liturgy celebrated for Catholics from his homeland in this illustration photo. (CNS photo/Luis Gris, Catholic Voice)

Eritrean priest to visit faithful of his homeland across North America

Catholic News Service|Jan 19, 2022|3 Min Read

A rescue boat of the Spanish NGO Proactiva approaches an overcrowded wooden vessel with migrants from Eritrea, off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea Aug. 29, 2016. Many Eritreans fled across the sea or to Ethiopia to escape political persecution, compulsory military service and war back home. (CNS photo/Giorgos Moutafis, Reuters)

World

Priest says thousands of refugees in Tigray deported to Eritrea

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 4, 2021|3 Min Read

Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington Oct. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

World

Ethiopian cardinal, other church leaders barred from entering Eritrea

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 27, 2020|2 Min Read

The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Asmara. Credit: Hailu Wudineh TSEGAYE/Shutterstock.

News

Eritrean Catholics dedicate Apostles' Fast to pray over clinics' closure

Catholic News Agency|Jun 27, 2019|3 Min Read

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