Pope Francis is scheduled to fly first to Congo for a visit Jan. 31-Feb. 3 before meeting up in Juba, South Sudan, with Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the Church of Scotland.
Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders ask for prayers before trip
Migration must be managed, not stopped, pope tells European governments
Pope Francis said governments cannot and should not try to stop migration over the Mediterranean, but they must find better, more coordinated ways to handle the movement of people.
Video shows clergy abducted in Cameroon pleading for help
Nine people, including clergy, were seized Sept. 16 when 60 attackers destroyed St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the southwestern village of Nchang, close to the Nigerian border.
‘Enough is enough,’ say Cameroon bishops after kidnapping, church burning
For about six years now, Cameroon has been reeling from a separatist war, with the country’s two English-speaking regions fighting to break away and form a new nation they call Ambazonia.
Arriving in Kazakhstan, pope makes case for peace
The pope is attending the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Nur-Sultan.
Nuns and priests flee, more churches shut in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Catholic bishops in Ethiopia warned that insecurity is shutting down churches and forcing more priests and nuns to flee, as consequences of the war in the northern province of Tigray are felt across the entire country.
Inflation, Ukraine war complicate getting aid to Ethiopia’s most needy
The war in Ukraine, ongoing instability in Tigray and global inflation — peaking at 43% for food items in Ethiopia in April — have placed additional burdens on humanitarian and pastoral efforts in Ethiopia.
U.S. Ukrainian Catholic bishops urge prayer, fasting for peace in Ukraine
The appeal, directed to Ukrainian Catholic faithful and “to all people of goodwill,” was issued in a Feb. 12 letter signed by Archbishop Borys Gudziak.