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Nigerian Christians demand action over Christmas massacres
Thousands of Christians rallied in front of the governor’s office in Nigeria’s Plateau state to demand action after more than 200 people were killed in a series of Christmas massacres. Source: National Catholic Register.
Salesian priest murdered in Congo
An elderly Salesian missionary priest was killed last week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under unclear circumstances. Source: OSV News.
In wake of killing and arrest, Nigerian prelate blasts blasphemy laws
After a Nigerian woman was killed over accusations of blaspheming Islam and another set to stand trial for similar charges, a Catholic prelate has denounced the country’s blasphemy laws as a violation of basic freedoms. Source: Crux.
German priest released a year after being abducted in Mali
Fr Hans-Joachim Lohre, a German Missionary of Africa, has been released after being held by extremists in Mali for just over a year. Source: Vatican News.
African bishops call for priests, religious to be formed for digital evangelisation
An African bishop has warned that the Church on the continent must go digital if it wants to cope with what he described as a 21st-century “Babel mediascape with no gatekeepers”. Source: Crux.
UK Catholic charities welcome court ruling against refugee transfer plan
Catholic charities in the United Kingdom are among those who have welcomed yesterday’s Supreme Court decision against the British Government’s plans to transfer people seeking asylum to Rwanda. Source: The Tablet.
Nigerian prelate says Catholicism ‘evolving toward Africa’
A Nigerian archbishop has said that Africans see Catholicism in the West as a “Church in decline”, while in Africa, Christianity is flourishing because of a strong biblical faith and traditional moral convictions. Source: Crux.
Novice kidnapped from Nigerian monastery murdered, body thrown in river
A Benedictine novice who was kidnapped last week alongside two others from a monastery in Eruku, Nigeria, was murdered, the local Diocese of Ilorin has announced. Source: National Catholic Register.
Former Brisbane priest appointed bishop for Nigeria’s new diocese
Former Brisbane-based priest Fr Gerald Musa has been appointed by Pope Francis as the bishop of the newly-created Katsina Diocese in northern Nigeria. Source: The Catholic Leader.