“I can be where the young people are”: As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on Catholic priest and DJ, Fr Guilherme Peixoto…
Catholic priest kidnapped in northern Nigeria, diocese says
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters A Nigerian priest was kidnapped from his home in northern Kaduna state, the local Roman Catholic diocese said in a statement on Tuesday, in the first such reported abduction of a clergyman in the state since July. Armed gangs are rife across northern Nigeria where they rob or kidnap for ransom, and […]
Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria, diocese says
Kano, Nigeria Reuters A Nigerian Catholic priest was abducted from his rectory in the town of Zambina in the northern state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the local Catholic diocese said on Monday. It said parishioners went to look for Father Emmanuel Silas after waiting in vain for him to conduct the […]
Gunmen kill priest on his way home from church in Pakistan
Peshawar, PakistanReuters Gunmen killed a Christian priest and wounded another as the clerics drove home from church in Pakistan’s north-western city of Peshawar on Sunday, police said. Two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire on the car on the city’s ring-road, killing Pastor William Siraj instantly, officers added. A relative mourns the death of priest […]
Haiti priest recounts abduction by gang holding missionaries
San Juan, Puerto Rico AP Rev Jean-Nicaisse Milien felt the cool barrel of a gun against his right ear. The Haitian priest and nine other people had just been kidnapped while driving through the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, in early April. It was around 7am and they were en route to celebrate the […]
Updated: French priest killed by cathedral fire suspect – minister
Updated 8.45am, 10th August (AEST)Paris, FranceAP A priest was killed Monday in a small town in western France allegedly by a Rwandan man he had housed who was already under investigation for setting a fire to the Cathedral of Nantes a year ago, France’s interior minister said. Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin spoke after meeting with […]
Preventing COVID’s spread: In Coachella Valley migrant community, the COVID-19 death of a beloved priest helps spur vaccinations
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on how one priest’s death from COVID-19 has helped ignite a consciousness around public health among farmworkers and others in Southern California’s Inland Empire region and the eastern Coachella Valley…
After pushback, US Navy agrees to retain contracts with civilian Catholic priests at California naval bases
RNS The US Navy will retain contracts with civilian Catholic priests at naval bases in California for at least another year, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said. This announcement came days after The San Diego Union-Tribune on 5th September reported that Catholic Masses at San Diego Navy bases had ended because the Navy, as part […]
Auction held at home of late US priest who lived like a prince
Williamston, Michigan, USAP An auction was held on Saturday at the Lansing-area mansion of a Catholic priest who was accused of embezzling millions of dollars before he died in March while awaiting trial. There were nearly 1,000 items for sale, including about 100 pieces of furniture from the six-bedroom home, the Lansing State Journal reported. “It’s about four […]
Catholic priest killed in south-west Cameroon
A Catholic priest was killed in south-west Cameroon on Friday amid ongoing violence between the military and separatist forces. Agenzia Fides reports that it is unknown whether Fr Alexandre Sob Nougi was killed by a stray bullet during crossfire or deliberately targeted when he was fatally shot on a road about 25 kilometres north-east of Buea. […]