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 ...

Nearly 150 Catholic priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria over the past 10 years, a new report has indicated, unearthing the ...

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 ...

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 ...