Nigeria: Six Months After the Massacre of the Saint-François-Xavier Church in Owo, Questions Are Being Asked About Who Committed It

More than six months after the June 5 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides, 6/6/2022), Nigerians are waiting for the holding a trial against those… Read more »

Nigeria: Establishment of the Diocese of Wukari and Appointment of the First Bishop

The Holy Father Francis has established the new diocese of Wukari (Nigeria), with territory separated from the diocese of Jalingo, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of… Read more »

Mali: Appointment of the Bishop of Sikasso

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Sikasso (Mali) Msgr. Robert Cissé, of the clergy of the same diocese, currently ad interim Rector of St. Augustine's… Read more »

Nigeria: Assaults On Road Construction Sites in Imo State

The bishop of Okigwe, Msgr. Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu regretted the attacks on the construction company that works on the improvement of the Owerri-Umuahia and Owerri-Okigwe roads,… Read more »

Cameroon: Three People Detained in the US Accused of Financing Separatist Activities

The separatist conflict between the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon has an international dimension that has not yet been fully revealed. Last week, the US Department of… Read more »

Mali: Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Jacques Damobe

On September 22, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Jacques Damobe, of the archdiocesan clergy of Bamako as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies… Read more »

Niger: Zankey Handuriya - the Children's Star, a Small Light of Hope for Blind Children

After a year, Father Rafael Casamayor, together with two of his collaborators, managed to return to Gaya and spend some time with the blind children of the inclusive Catholic… Read more »

Nigeria: Priest Kidnapped Together With a Group of Faithful, Another Priest Released

Father Peter Abang Ochang, parish priest of the St. Stephen Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) church in the diocese of Ogoja, in the state of Cross River, has been kidnapped in a still… Read more »

Mali: The Episcopal Conference - 'We Have No News of the Fate of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre'

"At the moment we have no further news or contacts with the kidnappers of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre" sources from the Mali Bishops' Conference told Agenzia Fides regarding the… Read more »

Nigeria: Umueri's Vigilante Group Frees Catholic Priest

The kidnapping of a Catholic priest in the state of Anambra, in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria, ended in 24 hours. Father Cyril Okafor was abducted on November 15, 2022 from… Read more »