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Jesuit school under fire for two athletes’ deaths in Philippines

Category: Church in Africa | Crux

Church in Africa

In this photo released by Nigerian Army, freed women and children that were abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, Nigeria. Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Credit: Nigerian Army via AP.)

Premium article: Catholic priest says UN admitting Christians are targeted in Nigeria is ‘long overdue’

Jun 11
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Bishop John Tatah Berinyuy, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.)

Cameroon bishop calls for stewardship, tech innovation, and a ‘civilization of love’

Jun 9
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A newly married couple walks down the aisle at their wedding amid an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Celebrating a Catholic wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses, but love lives here

Jun 9
Justin Kabumba,
Associated Press

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso of Quelimane, Mozambique, in an undated photo. (Credit: Mozambique Bishops' Conference.)

African bishops express indignation at the killing of bishop in Mozambique

Jun 8
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV watches children perform a dance as he visits the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli, Pool Photo via AP.)

‘There can be no peace without justice’: Archbishop on kidnapping, conflict and hope in Cameroon

Jun 8
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Bishop slain in Mozambique

Jun 6
Crux Now Staff

A police officer stands guard inside the St. Francis Catholic Church, a day after an attack that targeted worshipers in Owo, Nigeria, June 6, 2022. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Nigerian court sentences four men to death over 2022 Catholic church attack

Jun 4
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Associated Press

‘Apologies are never enough’: Prominent religious anti-trafficking advocate on Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas

May 31
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Workers offload grains from a truck at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 12, 2024. (Credit: Mansur Ibrahim/AP.)

Catholic professor says Free Trade Area is Africa’s Only shield against global power rivalries

May 25
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A man walks along an alley in Owino Uhuru village, an informal settlement in Mikindani, Mombasa County, Kenya, on April 10, 2026. (Credit: Kelvin Rading/AP.)

Trade, debt, and justice: An interview with Professor Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu on Africa’s path to sovereignty

May 24
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