While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that defies global trends. With an estimated 35 million Catholics and […]
CWR-Yaounde: A devastating wave of violence has once again shattered communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, claiming the lives of at least 31 Christians in separate, brutal attacks. In the latest large-scale massacre, 30 Christians, including […]
“I held my mother and siblings in a warm, tearful embrace of hope,” Pauline (not her real name) recalls. She pauses, offering a wan and ashy smile as the memory of November 23, 2016, washes […]
Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Cameroon’s Douala Archdiocese has issued the strongest indictment yet of the country’s justice system. In a recent pastoral letter, the outspoken cleric and frequent critic of the ruling class condemned a […]
A new six-year report has challenged the widespread belief that the Boko Haram terrorist organization and its affiliate, Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, are responsible for the majority of civilian killings in Nigeria. Instead, […]
Yaoundé: The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, has offered a sobering assessment of freedom of religion in Nigeria, saying that the fundamental human right to freedom of religion or […]
Church leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have expressed misgivings at the government’s focus on constitutional reform as citizens are caught in a vortex of conflict and disease. Years of conflict have already inflicted […]
As the bishops of Cameroon renew calls for peace during their 51st Plenary Assembly, a retired bishop from the country’s conflict-afflicted Southwest Region has issued a stinging critique aimed at the way the country’s English-speaking […]
The Church in Kenya has joined the rest of the country in mourning the deaths of 16 students who lost their lives in a fire incident that occurred at the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, […]
Chad’s typically reserved Catholic leaders has issued a rare and strong denunciation of the country’s worsening security situation, as well as the government’s drift toward totalitarianism. On May 12, 2026, the Union of Christian Executives […]
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