SYRIA – The story of a priest held hostage by Isis
Vatican News | Dec. 5, 2019 Father Jacques Mourad is a Syrian-Catholic priest. In 2015, he spent five months as a hostage of jihadist terrorists in Syria. He describes it…
NIGERIA – Another Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria
Premium Times Nigeria | Nov. 16, 2019 Gunmen have kidnapped another Catholic priest, Theophilus Ndulue, in Enugu State. The victim is the Parish Priest of Ihuonyia Amansiodo in Ndiagu Oghe,…
KENYA – Catholic priest kidnapped, murdered and buried in shallow grave in Embu
Standard Digital | Cyrus Ombati | Oct. 16, 2019 A Catholic priest was kidnapped, brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave in Embu County. The body of Father Michael…
NIGERIA – Bandits attack Catholic priest, set him, vehicle ablaze
Punch Nigeria | Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo | Aug. 29, 2019 Bandits have reportedly ambushed and killed a Catholic priest at Kufai Amadu in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State,…
NIGERIA – First-Hand Report: Why is the World Ignoring This Genocide?
Aug. 19, 2019 | Clarion | By Mario Alexis Portella The author with surviving victims of Boko Haram (Photo: Courtesy Mario Alexis Portella) At least 1,200 people were killed and…
NIGERIA – Terrorism in Nigeria
Aug. 6, 2019 | Douglas Burton | Washington Times | Analysis/Opinion Americans are reeling from horrific misuse of assault weapons in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, whereas in Nigeria…
NIGERIA – Catholic Priest Saved by Neighbors in Kasuwan Magani
Aug. 5, 2019 | War Desk News By Reuben Buhari (Kasuwan Magani, Nigeria) Terrorists armed with assault rifles attempted to assassinate a popular Catholic priest here but were beaten back…
BURKINA FASO – They Had Just Gathered for Worship—Another Church Attack Kills 6 in Burkina Faso
OPEN DOORS USA | Lindy Lowry | May 14, 2019 Mirroring the April 28 attack in which gunmen executed a pastor and five congregants after a worship service in Burkina…
BURKINA FASO – Burkina Faso church leader killed by Islamists: ‘I’d rather die than leave my community’
World Watch Monitor | May 2, 2019 An outdoor church outside a home in western Burkina Faso. It is not connected to the 28 April violence. (Photo: CIF Action via Flickr;…
NICARAGUA – Church Becomes Target in Nicaragua Crisis
WALL STREET JOURNAL | 072418 MONIMBÓ, Nicaragua—The Rev. César Augusto Gutiérrez delivered an impassioned plea to a Spanish radio station last week as hundreds of elite police and paramilitary forces…
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Muslims open fire at Catholic church, detonate grenades, 24 killed, 170 injured
CruxNow | 050518 Militants killed a Roman Catholic priest this week in Bangui, the violence-wracked capital of the Central African Republic where Catholic and other faith leaders had made headway…
OPINION – How to Get Christians to Stay
ANALYSIS: For Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, the goal now is ‘not just surviving; it’s thriving’ in their ancestral home National Catholic Register | Edward Pentin | 053018 ERBIL, Iraq…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram bomber kills four, suspected herders attack Catholic seminary
The Guardian Nigeria | 052918 Four people have been killed and seven others injured in the latest Boko Haram attack in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, the police…
NIGERIA – Herdsmen attack seminary in Taraba, Catholic priest shot
New Telegraph | 052818 Fulani herdsmen have attacked a minor seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State capital. According to a report, Two Catholic priests were beaten, one shot in the leg,…
PHILIPPINES – Horror: Catholic priest shot dead while blessing children after Mass
Patheos | 042918 Catholic priest known for his anti-mining advocacy was shot dead on Sunday after celebrating Mass in the northern Philippines, police said. Father Mark Ventura was shot twice…
MEXICO – For the third time in a week, a priest is found dead in Mexico
CRUXNow| 042618 A Catholic priest who had been reported kidnapped has been found dead in central Mexico. He’s the third priest to die under violent circumstances in the past week.…
NIGERIA – Nigerian priest liberated after four days in captivity
CNA | 042318 Fr. Edwin Omoregbe, who had been kidnapped last week in Nigeria's Edo state, was released on Sunday. “With great joy in our heart, we want to inform…