WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As violence devastates Nigeria's Christians daily, a U.S. Catholic bishop has urged his country's secretary of state to partner with Nigeria to fight extremism. The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, Bishop A.
The Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu, Nigeria, is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2024. Officials say the sheer statistics warrant a big celebration: the institution has 780 clerics -- a number not seen in years in seminaries across Europe and the Americas.
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The Australian Catholic University's Center for Liturgy offered a training program for lay liturgical ministers of the Word in Nigeria. The program, delivered online, aims to equip participants with spiritual and technical skills needed to effectively proclaim the Word and serve in
Nigeria is one of the countries in the world with the best Mass attendance. As many as 94% of self-identified Nigerian Catholics surveyed said they attend weekly or daily Mass, according to a study published in early 2023 by Georgetown University's Center
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Nigeria's Plateau state declared a week of mourning Jan. 1-8 to honor the deaths of at least 200 Christians killed over Christmas by Fulani Muslim herders, targeting Christians in the country. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria,
The rains unleashed floodwaters in the Cameroon capital Oct. 8. Several hours of rainfall caused the collapse of a century-old dam, releasing a wall of water that swept everything on its path downstream. Houses were flattened and trees uprooted.
"People were already sleeping
The Diocese of Enugu confirmed the release, saying in a statement cited by Sahara Reporters it was glad that the priest had been released "from the den of the kidnappers" unharmed.
"We are glad to inform you that our brother and priest, Father
Father Marcellinus Obioma of Nigeria was reportedly abducted Sept. 17 on his way to St. Mary Amofia-Agu Affa Parish, where he serves as a parish priest. Six other people who were traveling with him also were kidnapped.
A terrorist group called Fulani herdsmen attacked the rectory at St. Raphael Church in Fadan Kamantan in Nigeria Sept. 7.
Bishop Julius Kundi of Kafanchan told the Catholic agency Aid to the Church in Need that the parish priest, Father Emmanuel Okolo, and
Dozens of children massacred in Ugandan school, Pope asks for prayers for victims of ‘brutal attack’
Ugandans woke up June 17 to the shock of a school massacre in which at least 39 students and two community members were killed.
Just before midnight local time June 16, rebels suspected to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) swooped