An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, marking the second school kidnapping in less than a week. The latest attack targeted St Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, where authorities had already ordered the temporary closure of all boarding schools due to rising security … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country “deeply regrets that a stray ammunition” hit Gaza’s only Catholic Church, killing three people sheltering there. “Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful,” he said in a statement. The incident happened on Thursday when an Israeli … Read more
Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of reform – so how will his successor wield power? With Pope Francis’s funeral, the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics are turning the page on an era of reform and liberalism. The Vatican now faces several questions. Among them, what will its next chapter look like? And how will the … Read more