Tag Archives: Church

Warri, Nigeria | AFP |  Twelve worshippers were shot dead at a church in southeast Nigeria on Sunday, with authorities suggesting the bloodshed was due to a local feud. At around 6:00 am (0500 GMT), five gunmen opened fire at St. Philip’s church in Ozubulu, near the city of Onitsha, …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP |  Tribal militia forces have kidnapped two Roman Catholic priests in the troubled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Monday. Kidnappings are frequent in this eastern part of the DRC, related to communal conflict between the Nande and Hunde tribes …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  DR Congo’s influential Catholic bishops have urged authorities to allow prominent opposition politician Moise Katumbi to return from exile, calling his criminal conviction a “farce”. In a confidential report seen by AFP on Wednesday, the Congolese Episcopal Conference (CENCO) demanded that the government reverse …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a man wanted for alleged involvement in twin church bombings this month claimed by the Islamic State group, an official said. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Ali Mahmoud Mohamed Hassan, one of 19 suspects whose names police made public …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | A bombing in a Cairo church on Sunday near the headquarters of the Coptic pope killed at least 25 people, state media reported. It was the deadliest suspected attack on the country’s beleaguered Christian minority in recent memory. The explosion ripped through the church around …

Kibeho, Rwanda | AFP | Christian pilgrims gather each year in their thousands in the southern Rwandan hill town of Kibeho, some hopeful of miracles where three schoolgirls said the Virgin Mary came to them. A service held Monday in the small, isolated town marked the 35th anniversary of the …

The High Court in Kampala has summoned the leader of the Church of Uganda Archbishop Stanley Ntagali to respond to allegations by 11 canons that he has unlawfully taken over  the episcopal jurisdiction of West Ankole Diocese. Canons led by Christopher Kisembo accuse Archbishop Ntagali of abusing his authority and the constitution of the …

VIDEO: Calm has returned to Arua as 22 suspects in Thursday’s anti-bishop Sabino Odoki demonstration, are charged and remanded. But as Moses Walugembe reports the violence that engulfed Ediofe Cathedral and now threatening the Catholic Church in Arua diocese was just an explosion of a long time internal conflict in the church.   Share …

VIDEO: The Archbishop for Tororo Dr. Emmanuel Obbo has criticized Government over its continued promotion of condom use as a form preventive strategy against HIV/AIDS.   He made the remarks at Nagongera Seminary Tororo at the closure of a five day youth conference attended by over 4000 youths from Bukedi …

By Ian Katusiime Vatican is watching how Archbishop Lwanga deals with the Fr. Musaala saga “It is a good point for reflection but it will not change the fundamentals of the church.” That is how one practicing Catholic assessed the impact of recent revelations by renowned celebrity Catholic priest, Father …