Africa

Nigerian priest calls for displaced Christians to return to ancestral lands

A priest in Nigeria's Makurdi Diocese has urged the government to help Christians displaced by terrorist attacks return to their ancestral lands rather than remain in camps

Viganò claims Ceuta migration part of ‘ethnic replacement’ plan

The excommunicated archbishop accused Church leaders of complicity over migration as Spanish bishops, the Vatican and civil authorities responded to the events in Ceuta

The Catholic Herald

Ceuta crisis exposes divisions across Church and state

The mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta has reignited debate over Europe’s borders and the Church’s response, revealing deep divisions on long-term solutions

Corrie Douglas-Young

Fresh crisis in DR Congo after militant attacks

Aid to the Church in Need says missionaries are sheltering and feeding displaced people as families arrive in Isiro and Mungbere

Nathalie Raffray

Priest killed in Sudan after theft of medicines from church

Fr Youhana Alamin was preparing to evacuate after armed men stole medicines from the church compound in Kauda

Nathalie Raffray

Africa’s family charter: a Catholic view

The adoption of the African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values highlights both the growing influence of African Catholics and ongoing debates over moral and social policy

Fr Patrick Pullicino

What Pope Leo XIV did – and did not – say about ‘remigration’

Media coverage has flattened the Pope’s careful language on migration into a political slogan

African bishop murdered

African bishops have called for a full investigation after the killing of the Bishop of Quelimane

Nathalie Raffray

Nigeria becomes major destination for surrogacy arrangements

Official figures show parental order applications involving babies born to Nigerian surrogate mothers have risen sharply over the past decade

The Catholic Herald

London Marathon winner never misses Mass

For Sabastian Sawe, Sunday Mass matters more than marathon glory

The Catholic Herald