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Bishop John Tatah Berinyuy, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.)

Cameroon bishop calls for stewardship, tech innovation, and a ‘civilization of love’

Jun 9
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A newly married couple walks down the aisle at their wedding amid an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Celebrating a Catholic wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses, but love lives here

Jun 9
Justin Kabumba,
Associated Press

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso of Quelimane, Mozambique, in an undated photo. (Credit: Mozambique Bishops' Conference.)

African bishops express indignation at the killing of bishop in Mozambique

Jun 8
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Pope Leo XIV watches children perform a dance as he visits the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli, Pool Photo via AP.)

‘There can be no peace without justice’: Archbishop on kidnapping, conflict and hope in Cameroon

Jun 8
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Bishop slain in Mozambique

Jun 6
Crux Now Staff

A police officer stands guard inside the St. Francis Catholic Church, a day after an attack that targeted worshipers in Owo, Nigeria, June 6, 2022. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Nigerian court sentences four men to death over 2022 Catholic church attack

Jun 4
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Associated Press

‘Apologies are never enough’: Prominent religious anti-trafficking advocate on Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas

May 31
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Workers offload grains from a truck at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 12, 2024. (Credit: Mansur Ibrahim/AP.)

Catholic professor says Free Trade Area is Africa’s Only shield against global power rivalries

May 25
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A man walks along an alley in Owino Uhuru village, an informal settlement in Mikindani, Mombasa County, Kenya, on April 10, 2026. (Credit: Kelvin Rading/AP.)

Trade, debt, and justice: An interview with Professor Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu on Africa’s path to sovereignty

May 24
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Bishop John Tatah Berinyuy, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.)

From captivity to the Cathedral: An interview with Cameroon’s new bishop

May 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom