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At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya

  • Oct 3
  • Andrew Kasuku
Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, on June 2, 2025. (Credit: AP photo.)

Pope Leo calls for dialogue to solve the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia

  • Sep 30
  • Crux Now Staff, 
    Associated Press
Members of Ethiopian Federal police march band look on during celebrations for the Orthodox holiday of Meskel, an annual holiday celebrating the discovery of the True Cross in the fourth century by the Roman Empress Helena, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Credit: Amanuel Sileshi/AP.)

Ethiopians celebrate Meskel holiday with pomp, despite recent fighting in Tigray

  • Sep 27
  • Samuel Getachew
Seleka rebel group commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, left, speaks with lawyer Dov Jacobs in the courtroom during a hearing in the case in which he is accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Bangui in 2013, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Credit: Remko De Waal/Pool Photo via AP.)

ICC convicts former Central African Republic Islamist militia commander of torture

  • Sep 24
  • Molly Quell
a busy street intersection near the iconic "I Love My Country" monument in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon

Cameroon faces upsurge in deadly violence against women

  • Sep 20
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Pope Leo XIV with religious and traditional leaders in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Bamenda, Cameroon, on 16 April 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Heeding pope’s call, religious & traditional leaders map path to reconciliation in Cameroon

  • Sep 13
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Students listen to the teacher in the Holy Infant high school, in Yaounde, Cameron, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Credit: Angel Ngwe/AP.)

‘Preventing children from going to school is diabolical,’ says papal representative in Cameroon

  • Sep 7
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Spanish Army soldiers block access to the beach for people crossing from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, August 31, 2026. (Credit: Antonio Sempere/AP.)

Spanish bishop says Ceuta crisis is part of a ‘geopolitical game’

  • Aug 31
  • Fionn Shiner

Nigerian bishops decry ‘trail of terror’ after latest attacks

  • Aug 30
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Church mourns victims of CAR mining disaster as government closes site

  • Aug 23
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

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At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya

  • Oct 3
  • Andrew Kasuku

As annual blessing of animals takes place, some wonder: Will my pet go to heaven?

  • Oct 3
  • Charles Collins

‘Give the money to struggling mothers’: Bishop slams Spain’s pro-abortion campaign

  • Oct 2
  • Fionn Shiner

Pope Leo seeks status update of Francis’s divisive look at divorced and remarried Catholics

  • Oct 2
  • Nicole Winfield