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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.
Ethiopians still dying of hunger, a year after ceasefire: Bishop
A bishop in Ethiopia has warned that his people are still dying of hunger, a year after a ceasefire ended a deadly conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Source: NCR Online.
Appeal, prayers for abducted sisters in Nigeria
Prayers are being sought for the safe release of three Catholic religious sisters, a seminarian and a driver reportedly abducted from Nigeria’s Abakaliki Diocese. Source: CNA.
Catholic educators in Cameroon survive school attack
A Catholic priest and three teachers in Cameroon’s troubled southwest region are recovering from bullet wounds after they were shot in what Church authorities say was a targeted attack on a Catholic primary school last week. Source: UCA News.
Nigerian bishop calls for prayer after seminarian dies in arson attack
A Nigerian bishop has called for prayer after unidentified assailants set fire to a parish rectory in the country’s Kafanchan Diocese. Source: Vatican News.
Missionaries flee South Sudanese diocese
Fearing for their lives, Catholic missionaries have fled South Sudan’s Yei Diocese, the local bishop said. Source: ACI Africa.
Rwandan President threatens to arrest Catholic pilgrims who ‘worship poverty’
Days after Rwandan President Paul Kagame warned Catholic pilgrims who “worship poverty” that he would round them up and jail them, clergy in the East Africa nation remained tight-lipped, even as the warning reverberated across the region. Source: OSV News.
Bishops join African faith leaders in call for debt relief
Catholic bishops and other faith leaders in Africa are calling for debt relief for the continent to provide a “lifeline” to escape multiple crises, including food insecurity and climate change. Source: The Tablet.