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‘Our presence is our mission’: Redemptorists from India remain in war-weary Lebanon

Church in Africa

Victims of Monday’s bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)

23 killed, 108 wounded in suspected suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria

Mar 18
Haruna Umar

Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, center, greets the crowd during a military-backed tribes’ rally in the Nile River State of Sudan, July 13, 2019. (Credit: Mahmoud Hjaj/AP.)

US labels Sudanese militia a terror group, but will it protect civilians? A bishop’s view

Mar 18
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV visits the parish complex of Sacro Cuore di Gesu on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope’s upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast

Mar 17
Nicole Winfield

A woman and young girl displaced from Boko Haram attacks push a cart in Dikwa, Borno province, north east Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Jihadis intensify attacks against Nigeria’s military, killing officers and carting away weapons

Mar 11
Chinedu Asadu

Cameroon bishop: Church provides ‘presence of hope’ amid separatist conflict

Mar 9
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop says Pope’s visit to show Christianity ‘an asset to Algeria’

Mar 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Leaders of numerous Anglican churches attend a religious service on the sidelines of their meeting of the Anglican Communion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP.)

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years

Mar 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan

Card. Ambongo leads historic call for fundamental change in African water management

Feb 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, stands in the dock at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 20. 2024. (Credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP.)

Supporters of jailed Ugandan opposition figure pray for him after president tries to stop it

Feb 23
Rodney Muhumuza,
Associated Press

Children leave school in Dschang, Cameroon, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Credit: Robert Bociaga/AP.)

Cameroon bishop denounces ‘normalized’ violence in Anglophone regions

Feb 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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Category: Church in Africa | Crux

‘Our presence is our mission’: Redemptorists from India remain in war-weary Lebanon

Mar 19
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV convokes family ‘summit’ for bishops on 10th anniversary of predecessor’s ‘lightning rod’ document

Mar 19
Elise Ann Allen

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

Mar 19
Fionn Shiner

As religious tensions rise, houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

Mar 19
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