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A sharp uptick in U.S. diplomacy toward Africa in recent months reveals a paradigm shift from the previous ...

Sr. Johannes Nwodo (R), Sr. Christabel Echemazu (L), Sr. Liberata Mbamalu (C), and Sr. Benita Agu, freed from captivity in Nigeria's Imo State, Aug. 23, 2022. / Courtesy photoDenver Newsroom, Aug 23, 2022 / 15:19 pm (CNA).Four religious sisters who were kidnapped while on their way to Mass Aug. 21 have been released, according to their order. Sisters Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu, and Benita Agu were kidnapped Aug. 21 in Nigeria's Imo state, located in the south of the country. After two days of seeking "intense prayer" for their "quick and...

Presidential elections next year in war-torn Nigeria amount to a “do or die situation” for embattled Christians, according to a spokesman for ...

The Nigerian diocese of Kafanchan has asked for prayers after two Catholic priests were kidnapped Friday evening.

The funeral of Father Vitus Borogo in the Archdiocese of Kaduna, June 30, 2022. / Photos courtesy of the Archdiocese of KadunaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 13:27 pm (CNA).Father Peter Amodu was supposed to say the 5 p.m. Mass at Holy Ghost Parish in southern Nigeria on July 6.He never arrived.Gunmen kidnapped the Catholic priest as he walked to the church along the Otukpo/Ugbokolo highway in Benue State. He was released unharmed four days later, the chancellor of the Diocese of Oktupo confirmed.Amodu's abduction was no isolated crime. He is one of at least 18 Nigerian Catholic prie...