A seminarian abducted on March 3 from a parish rectory in the Nigerian Diocese of Auchi was murdered by his abductors, an official of the diocese has confirmed.

At the time, the church was beset by crises, from corruption to clerical sexual abuse. Stan Chu Ilo, a Catholic priest and a research professor of African studies and world Catholicism, examines the ...

Fears of renewed violence are linked to the split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the party that fought ...

Three Christian converts in Iran have been sentenced to over 40 years in prison collectively, Article18, a London-based ...

Justice for victims of human trafficking in Cameroon has been impeded by social stigma, inadequate financial resources, as ...

KADUNA, Nigeria, March 7 (Reuters) - A Catholic priest was kidnapped and killed in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Friday, adding that the murder ...

“Why it was held is because an African cleric like myself raised issues that needed to be addressed concerning the doctrine ...

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing land reform disputes between South Africa ...

Amid calls by the US Congress to impose sanctions on Nigeria over alleged targeting of Christians, President Bola Tinubu is making frantic efforts to portray Nigeria as a state that promotes religious ...

Catholic church affiliated organisations are calling for the cancellation of "unjust" debts burdening African nations. Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), the ...