Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 5, 2022 / 15:11 pm (CNA).
Riot police from the Nicaraguan government blocked the bishop of Matagalpa… […]
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ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Bishop Jesús González Hernández of Chilpancingo-Chilapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero said wearing religious dress could prevent the murder of Catholic pries… […]
Map of Nigeria. / Shutterstock
St. Louis, Mo., Jul 19, 2022 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
Following the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in central Nigeria last week, the local diocese announced July 19 that one of the two priests had escaped, while the … […]
Map of Nigeria. / Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 14:40 pm (CNA).
An early morning raid Sunday by terrorists in north-central Nigeria hit a Roman Catholic congregation hard.“We lost three of our parishioners, and 36 peopl… […]
Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins, pictured on Oct. 13, 2018. / Damien Storan via Shutterstock.
London, England, Jun 13, 2022 / 04:42 am (CNA).
Attributing violence against Nigeria’s Christians to climate change is “incorrect and far-fetch… […]
Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland. / Damien Storan via Shutterstock.
Rome Newsroom, Jun 8, 2022 / 07:05 am (CNA).
The president of Ireland on Tuesday condemned a deadly attack at a Catholic church in Nigeria on Pentecost Sunday.Michael D… […]
Pope Francis prays with journalists on a papal flight August 14, 2014. / Alan Holdren.
Vatican City, Jun 6, 2022 / 11:54 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to Nigerian Catholics mourning the victims of a massacre at … […]
Cross of the Martyrs. / Aaron Groote via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2022 / 04:08 am (CNA).
More political and religious leaders around the world should be speaking out about the attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria that r… […]
Breaking News / CNA
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2022 / 09:13 am (CNA).
Gunmen have killed multiple worshipers Sunday at a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, according to state officials.Dozens of people, including children, are beli… […]
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. / fotogoocom via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).
Strasbourg, France, May 4, 2022 / 05:56 am (CNA).
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a report on the persecution of religious minorities th… […]
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