Dennis OsadebeA spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.
Dennis OsadebeSurvivors of the St. Mary’s Catholic School abduction in Nigeria recall their harrowing ordeal and release.
Dennis OsadebeThe abduction of over 260 children from a Catholic school last month was the latest in a recent spate of kidnappings in the country.
Dennis OsadebeThere are widespread attacks across the country affecting many religious and ethnic groups. Many of them defy a simple explanation.
Dennis OsadebeHe funneled cash and weapons to the Irish Republican Army from Libya, and was involved in bombings that targeted Margaret Thatcher and others, killing scores of people.
Dennis OsadebeThe surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world, who had considered such an outcome unlikely and perhaps unwelcome — until…
Dennis OsadebeIn the fall of 2024, the cardinal who is now Pope Leo XIV sat at a large round table inside the Vatican, discussing the challenges that face the Roman Catholic…
Dennis OsadebeWhen Pope Francis presided over a Mass that incorporated elements of Congolese tradition in St. Peter’s Basilica in 2019, it was seen as a sign of his enduring commitment to…
Dennis OsadebeGuesses about who the next Roman Catholic pope will be often prove inaccurate. Before the selection of Pope Francis in 2013, many bookmakers had not even counted him among the…
Dennis OsadebeMavens say there isn’t a unmarried front-runner, however a number of names were floated as indications of which path the Roman Catholic Church may remove.
