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Soldiers ride in a military vehicle during an attempted coup in Cotonou, Benin, on Dec. 7, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Faced with violence, the bishops of Benin plead for the ‘precious gift’ of peace and unity

  • Dec 9
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Freed students of the St. Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community upon arrival at the government house in Minna, Nigeria on Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

  • Dec 9
  • Chinedu Asadu, 
    Yunusa Umar, Associated Press
A worried parent of abducted school children in Papiri, Nigeria, on Nov. 28, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

  • Dec 8
  • Associated Press
Christian women sing and dance at a church in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

US to restrict visas for Nigerians, family members involved in violence against Christians

  • Dec 6
  • Dyepkazah Shibayan, 
    Associated Press
Catholic University Institute Of Buea in Cameroon. (Credit: CUIOB.)

Kidnapped priest released in Cameroon

  • Dec 4
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Parents of abducted school children gather at the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Nigeria. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescue

  • Nov 29
  • Associated Press
Police and government officials gather at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School where gunmen on Friday abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov.25, 2025. (Credit: Yunusa Umar/AP.)

Nigeria’s president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductions

  • Nov 27
  • Grace Ekpu, 
    Associated Press
People who were kidnapped in a church service in November 2024 leave after a church meeting in Kabuna, Nigeria, on Nov. 6, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Nigerian rights group links surge in violence to Vatican’s ‘inconsistent’ narrative

  • Nov 27
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Police and government officials walk past St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School where gunmen on Friday abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, on Nov. 25, 2025. (Credit: Yunusa Umar/AP.)

Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren

  • Nov 27
  • Yunusa Umar, 
    Ope Adetayo, Associated Press
Burnt cars at the site of a bomb blast at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria on Dec. 25, 2011. (Credit: Sunday Aghaeze/AP.)

Catholic bishops in Nigeria say ‘genocide’ might qualify for attacks on Christians

  • Nov 27
  • Charles Collins

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Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

  • Dec 10
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press

Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

  • Dec 10
  • Associated Press

Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era

  • Dec 10
  • Melanie Lidman, 
    Associated Press

Christian pastor murdered in Muslim-majority Pakistan

  • Dec 10
  • Nirmala Carvalho