Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service

Nuns and priests flee Ethiopia's Tigray region

Catholic bishops say it is difficult for the church to effectively carry out its pastoral work in many parishes

CRS responds as militia war displaces thousands in eastern Congo

Catholic Relief Services, the humanitarian agency of US Catholics, is helping displaced people in North Kivu province

Malawi priest sentenced to 30 years for murder of man with albinism

The killing of people with albinism is linked to rituals associated with witchcraft

Bishop expresses hope that new Somali president will unite country

The 66-year-old Hassan Sheikh Mohamud first served as president from 2012 to 2017

Priests describe famine danger in Kenya as bishops launch aid appeal

Priests say the drought situation is dire across much of the African country

Award-winning nurse says Catholic faith influenced her work in Kenya

Anna Qabale Duba reportedly beat more than 24,000 nominees to the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award

East Africa faces famine after worst drought in 40 years

Dead livestock or wildlife carcasses have become common by roadsides as farmers and herders suffer devastation

Bishop in Tigray sends out SOS for starving Ethiopians

Religious leaders consider the war insane and inhuman while calling for peace and humanitarian aid

Rights report documents atrocities in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Catholic officials in Addis Ababa welcome ceasefire agreed by the Tigray People's Liberation Front

Ethiopian bishops reiterate call for peace in their country

The UN refugee agency says that each day at least 3,000 people cross from Tigray into eastern Sudan

Report highlights Tigray atrocities, says Ethiopia faces famine

The humanitarian situation in Tigray is abysmal, with atrocities similar to war crimes displacing at least 2.5 million

Pray, carry emergency bag, advises Kenyan priest caught in terror attack

The 2019 attack was just yards from the Consolata Missionaries' regional house

Ukrainian president thanks pope for prayers

Hong Kong censors animated film over protest scene

Taiwan's islanders unfazed by beat of China war drum

US Catholic agencies feel pinch of fewer donations

A migrant mother and her son hug after 17 years

Detained Nicaraguan bishop speaks of forgiveness