Pope: “Violence does not resolve conflicts!”

Pope Benedict XI expressed his solidarity and support for victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey, urging for generous contributions to relief work.

Nigerian Muslims blamed for slaughter of 500 Christians

Nigerian government sources are blaming Muslim clans for the slaughter of up to 550 Christians in a weekend attack on a Christian village.

Forty killed after attack on Nigerian Catholic church

More than 40 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau State, after around 200 Muslim youths attacked Christians near a Catholic church in Nasarawa Jos, sparking retaliatory violence.

Nigeria becoming ‘talibanized’

Hundreds are believed dead in Nigeria from three days of violence blamed on a group dubbed the “Nigerian Taliban”. The local Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace warned of rising radical Islamists.
Police in Nigeria have freed more than 180 women and children from a house in the north of the country where they had [...]